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Get started with free virtualization. VMware vSphere Hypervisor is a production-ready hypervisor that lets you virtualize your servers, helping you save time and money on managing your IT infrastructure. Built on the world’s smallest and most robust architecture, VMware vSphere ESXi, the vSphere Hypervisor, sets the industry standard for reliability, performance and ecosystem support. Consolidate your applications onto fewer servers and start saving money through reduced hardware, power, cooling and administration costs.

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vSphere Hypervisor Requirements for Free Virtualization

Requirements:

CPU

Minimum: Single socket, dual core
Ideal: Dual-socket, 4 or more cores per CPU

Memory

Minimum: 2GB
Ideal: 8+GB

Network

Minimum: one NIC, plus one for Management interface
Ideal: One for Management Interface plus multiple NICs for VMs

Local Storage (SATA/SAS)

Minimum: one 80GB drive
Ideal:2 mirrored drives, plus 4 RAID5 drives for VMs

Shared Storage

NFS, iSCSI, Fibre Channel for VM storage

For compatibility questions, please visit the Compatibility page.

Specifications:

Max number of cores per physical CPU

Unlimited

Max number of physical CPUs per host

Unlimited

Max vCPU per virtual machine

8

RAM limit per server/host

32 GB. If your system has more than 32GB, you can either update the BIOS to recognize only 32GB or physically remove the extra memory from your server. Paid versions do not have this limitation.

Operating System Support

Microsoft OS (18 versions), Linux (54 versions), Mac OS X 10, Solaris, FreeBSD, etc. ( See a complete list with versions.)

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