My previous post regarding vSphere5 licensing model.
Hmmm, is something going to be changed ? I hope so.
According to sources who’ve been briefed on the changes, VMware is bumping up the vRAM entitlement in vSphere Enterprise Plus from 48 GB to 96 GB, while vSphere Enterprise will go from 32 GB to 64 GB. The vRAM entitlement for vSphere 5 Essentials, Essentials Plus and Standard will go from 24 GB to 32 GB, while the free vSphere hypervisor will jump from 8 GB to 32 GB.
source : CRN
That’s very good news, looks like VMware listen to their customers voices 🙂 and there is a chance that soon new (updated) license model will be announced by VMware.
Lets do the math again with Enterprise Plus license on board.
Today = vSphere 4.X
Server with 2 sockets and 192G of memory = 2 vSphere Enterprise Plus licenses
Server with 4 sockets and 256G of memory = 4 vSphere Enterprise Plus licenses
Tomorrow = vSphere 5.X
Server with 2 sockets and 192G of memory = 2 vSphere Enterprise Plus licenses
Server with 4 sockets and 256G of memory = 4 vSphere Enterprise Plus licenses
Nothing has changed, no additional costs license if you would do upgrade from vSphere 4 to vSphere 5. But let’s wait on official announcement from VMware.
