VMware’s new vSphere 5 licensing model and pricing will upset some users because it is going to change the machine sizing rules. The new structure of licensing and limitation is not based on the physical CPUs and physical RAM per server, it is actually based on per CPU with a limitation on vRAM per license for a specific version of vSphere.<\/p>\n
Means that you can only share VRAM capacity among licensed servers according to the edition of vSphere. However, VMware calls this memory of law a soft limitation. On the other side, you can use more memory than licensed in the VRAM pool, as it will not prevent you from powering on your virtual machines (VMs).<\/p>\n
The positive side of these changes are no licensing restrictions based on physical cores and memory. It is quite similar to the cloud concept, \u201cpay for what you use\u201d. But you will have to purchase multiple CPU licenses if the amount of memory in use crosses the limits. Means, its time for you to re-evaluate your infrastructure and analyze what Vms are running on it now. VMware’s new vSphere 5 licensing model and pricing will upset some users because it is going to change the machine sizing rules. The new structure of licensing and limitation is…<\/p>\n
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