Edition comparison

[haimbeyhan]

I need to know what are the differences between Essentials Plus Edition and Standard regarding the features.

I purchased before Foundation Edition which is upgraded automatically to Standard but the Standard prices is high in comparison to Essentials Plus.

I'm not sure if it's worth.

Thanks,

Haim Beyhan

[idle-jam]

essential plus comes with the below. bear in mind that you can only purchase 1 essential plus for your organization and there is no upgrade path. it comes with 3 physical (2cpu) host license and a vcenter for essentials. it's a deal too good to be true.

VMware ESXi or VMware ESX hypervisor architecture (deployment-time choice, VMware recommends the ESXi hypervisor architecture)

VMFS (Virtual Machine File System)

4-way Virtual SMP

VMware vCenter Server Agent

VMware vStorage APIs / VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB)

VMware Update Manager

VMware High Availability (HA)

VMware Data Recovery

VMware vCenter Server for Essentials

VMware vMotion

VMware vSphere 4 Standard includes the below. it is based by CPU license does not come with vcenter server license. but the good thing is that there i no limit on how much you can buy. you will need to purchase vcenter server foundation/standard separately.

VMware Hypervisor or VMware ESX hypervisor architectures (deployment-time choice, VMware recommends ESXi)

VMFS (Virtual Machine File System)

4-way Virtual SMP

VMware vCenter Server Agent

VMware vStorage APIs / VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB)

VMware Update Manager

VMware High Availability (HA)

VMware vStorage Thin Provisioning

VMware vMotion

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[pcerda]

Hi,

This is the link with features included on Essentials Plus Edition (Small Business):

http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/buy/small_business_editions_comparison.html

This is the link with features included on Standard Edition (Mid Size and Enterprise Business):

http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/mid-size-and-enterprise-business/




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[IAmJimbo]

Sorry to beat a dead horse, but can I just confirm I am understanding the licensing right?  It looks like Essentials (weighing in at $500) has the equivalent of 3 2CPU ESXi licenses ($6000 worth for Standard) and a vCenter (limited to 3 VSpheres like Foundation which I see as $1500).  My cost comparison then shows that I can get for $500 what would would be the equivalent if purchased seperately of $7500.  Is that right?

For my purposes I am currently running one 2CPU free ESXi box, no managment or special features needed.  I need to add VCB or Veeam. So it seems like a no-brainer to go with Essentials, it just feels when comparing those 2 numbers like I must be missing something.  Do I have this right?

Thanx,

Jim

[pcerda]

You have to consider the Essential Kit (yes, It really costs about US$500) is a very limited bundle, because you can't use features like HA or vMotion.  Essential Plus is a better choice, but it costs about US$3.500.

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Patricio Cerda