Friday, August 31, 2012

VMware vRAM entitlement limit lifted

With vSphere 5.1 being announced, the vRAM entitlement limit has been removed.  vRAM entitlement will be unlimited across all editions.  Check out the editions comparison at http://www.vmware.com/products/datacenter-virtualization/vsphere/compare-editions.html.

This new licensing model is also applicable to vSphere 5 as stated in the FAQ of VMware vSphere 5.1 Licensing, Pricing and Packaging Whitepaper.

Q: Does the new VMware vSphere 5 licensing model – per-CPU without limitation on the number of VMs, cores or amount of physical RAM – apply to both vSphere 5.0 and vSphere 5.1?

A: Yes. The VMware vSphere 5 licensing model applies to both vSphere 5.0 and 5.1 customers.

This is indeed a good news for VMware customers.

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