Feature | VMware Hypervisor (prev. ESXi Single Server) | Essentials | Essentials Plus |
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Phys. RAM limit | Host limit 12TB | Host limit 12TB | Host limit 12TB |
vCenter Server compatibility | None | vCenter Server for Essentials (up to 3 physical servers) | vCenter Server for Essentials (up to 3 physical servers) |
Licenses | For 1 physical server | For 3 physical servers (max. 2 processors per server) | For 3 physical servers (max. 2 processors per server) |
Unlimited number of virtual machines? | No known limit | No known limit | No known limit |
vCPU limit | 128 | 128 | 128 |
vCenter Server for Essentials Agent | Yes | Yes | |
Update Manager | Yes | Yes | |
vStorage APIs for Data Protection (prev. VCB) | Yes | Yes | |
HA functionality | Yes | ||
Data recovery | Yes | ||
vMotion | Yes | ||
vSAN | Yes, optional | ||
Cores per CPU | No limits | No limits | No limits |
Support and subscriptions | Can be acquired separately | One-year subscription included in price (Support is acquired on a per incident basis, more information available from VMware) – No Basic or Production Level subscriptions possible – multi-year subscriptions can be purchased | Must be acquired with min. 12 months Basic or Production Support |
Upgradeable? | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Price | see Thomas Krenn VMware vSphere 6 License Configurator (Downgrade to vSphere 5 possible)[1] | ||
Feature | VMware Hypervisor (prev. ESXi Single Server) | Essentials | Essentials Plus |
Product | VMware Hypervisor (prev. ESXi Single Server) | Standard | Enterprise | Enterprise Plus |
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Type of licensing | Per CPU | Per CPU | Per CPU | |
vCPU limit | 128 | 128 | 128 | 128 |
vCenter Server compatibility | None | vCenter Server Standard | vCenter Server Standard | vCenter Server Standard |
Thin provisioning | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
vSAN | Yes, optional | Yes, optional | Yes, optional | |
Update Manager | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Data recovery | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
High availability | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
vMotion | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Storage APIs for data protection | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Hot add | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Replication | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
vShield zones | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Fault tolerance | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Storage vMotion | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Virtual Serial Port Concentrator | Yes | Yes | ||
Storage APIs for storage integration | Yes | Yes | ||
Storage APIs for multipathing | Yes | Yes | ||
Distributed Resource Scheduler + DPM | Yes | Yes | ||
Big data extentions | Yes | Yes | ||
Reliable memory | Yes | Yes | ||
Storage I/O control | Yes | |||
Network I/O control | Yes | |||
Distributed switch | Yes | |||
Host profiles | Yes | |||
Auto deploy | Yes | |||
Storage DRS | Yes | |||
Profile Driven Storage | Yes | |||
SR-IOV | Yes | |||
Flash read cache | Yes | |||
AppHA | Yes | |||
vSOM | Not available | The individual licenses are available with and without vSphere Operations Management | ||
Price | see Thomas Krenn VMware vSphere 6 License Configurator (Downgrade to vSphere 5 possible)[1] | |||
Product | ESXi Hypervisor (only with ESXi) | Standard (only with ESXi) | Enterprise (only with ESXi) | Enterprise Plus (only with ESXi) |
Info/feature | Acc. Kit Standard with vSOM | Acc. Kit Enterprise with vSOM | Acc. Kit Enterprise Plus with vSOM |
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Features | vSphere Standard + vCenter Operations Management Suite for 6 processors | vSphere Enterprise + vCenter Operations Management Suite for 6 processors | vSphere Enterprise Plus + vCenter Operations Management Suite for 6 processors |
vCenter Server Version | vCenter Standard | vCenter Standard | vCenter Standard |
Unlimited number of VMs? | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Price | see Thomas Krenn VMware vSphere 6 License Configurator (Downgrade to vSphere 5 possible)[1] | ||
Info/feature | Acc. Kit Standard with vSOM | Acc. Kit Enterprise with vSOM | Acc. Kit Enterprise Plus with vSOM |
Info/feature | vSphere Remote Office Branch Office Standard | vSphere Remote Office Branch Office Advanced |
---|---|---|
vMotion | Yes | Yes |
Storage vMotion | Yes | Yes |
High availability | Yes | Yes |
Data protection | Yes | Yes |
Fault tolerance | Two vCPUs | Two vCPUs |
vShield Endpoint | Yes | Yes |
vSphere Replication | Yes | Yes |
Hot add | Yes | Yes |
Host Profiles and Auto Deploy | Yes | |
Distributed switch | Yes | |
Info/feature | vSphere Remote Office Branch Office Standard | vSphere Remote Office Branch Office Advanced |