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VMware vSphereTM 4

Compare vSphere Editions for Mid-size and Enterprise Businesses

  Essentials for Retail Essentials Plus for Retail Standard Advanced Enterprise Enterprise Plus
ESX/ESXi
vCenter Server Compatibility
vCenter Server for Essentials, vCenter Server Foundation & vCenter Server Standard
vCenter Server for Essentials, vCenter Server Foundation & vCenter Server Standard
vCenter Server Foundation & Standard
vCenter Server Foundation & Standard
vCenter Server Foundation & Standard
vCenter Server Foundation & Standard
Cores per Processor
6
6
6
12
6
12
vSMP Support
4-way
4-way
4-way
4-way
4-way
8-way
Memory/Physical Server
256GB
256GB
256GB
256GB
256GB
*No license limit
Thin Provisioning
VC Agent
Update Manager
VMSafe
vStorage APIs for Data Protection
High Availability (HA)
 
Data Recovery
 
 
Hot Add
 
 
 
Fault Tolerance
 
 
 
vShield Zones
 
 
 
VMotion
 
 
 
Storage VMotion
 
 
 
 
DRS + DPM
 
 
 
 
**vNetwork Distributed Switch
 
 
 
 
 
Host Profiles
 
 
 
 
 
Third Party Multipathing
 
 
 
 
 

* VMware ESX4.0 and ESXi 4.0 currently provide technical support for up to 1TB of memory.  Review the vSphere 4 Configuration Maximums document for more information.

**Enabler for 3rd party switch support