How much memory you are allowed is dependent upon which license level you are at, from my reading. Enterprise and Enterprise Plus had a higher amount of allowed memory.
From: Harry Singh [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 10:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: vSphere 5 - Big License Changes I could be missing something in the article entirely, but where are you guys reading that the vRAM requirement per CPU will be 24GB ? I have 3 hosts with DUAL CPU sockets (quad core each) and 72GB RAM on each. I'm really curious on how much that will cost in a vSphere 5 world. Especially more since I have up until 8/22 to purchase 4.1. On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> wrote: Make that DUAL CPU (with quad core for older boxes, and six-core for newer boxes). Remember, SMB just refers to a level of revenue and/or employee size. And focus on the M rather than the S (although my current org is more S than M) ASB http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> wrote: Depends on how you define SMB.... I work for/with two that do. For most workloads, RAM is more of a bottleneck than CPU, and in a heavily virtualized environment, you're going to see lots of RAM. We have 4 VSphere hosts that we just upgraded to 120GB of RAM -- quad core boxes... Plus two new ones with 144GB, also quad core. ASB http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 9:42 AM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]> wrote: How many SMBs run more than 24GB per proc now? I honestly can't see that many that would. I'm licensed for 6 proc's, meaning in my environment I could run a total of 144GB . I don't see this being a big deal for us in the SMB space. My hosts have less memory than the processor limit, as it is. Will this increase overtime? Likely. On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Webster <[email protected]> wrote: One analyst says for some large VMware shops with large VMs this could quadruple their VMware licensing costs. Another analyst says VMware is sending a clear message to SMBs, “You can’t afford us”. Like MBS, I am NOT a VMware person. This is just my $0.02US worth. Webster From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[email protected]] Subject: RE: vSphere 5 - Big License Changes Great way for vmware to drive customers to Hyper-V. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:[email protected]] Subject: vSphere 5 - Big License Changes http://blogs.softchoice.com/advisor/2011/07/12/big-changes-in-licensing-model-for-vmware-vsphere-5-vmware/ Note how licensing is moving to be CPU based but limited by vRam. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
