Build a Flexible, Efficient Datacenter with VMware vSphere
Run business critical applications with confidence and respond faster to your business needs with VMware vSphere, the industry-leading virtualization platform for building cloud infrastructures. vSphere accelerates the shift to cloud computing for existing datacenters, while also underpinning compatible public cloud offerings, paving the way for the only hybrid cloud model.
How to Buy VMware vSphere
The rich capabilities of VMware vSphere are packaged into multiple editions to fit the needs of any organization. Each edition includes a hypervisor as well as features to support basic consolidation, improve availability, protect data, automate resource management, and simplify operations.
Please note that ESXi is the preferred hypervisor architecture when deploying vSphere. VMware vSphere is available in English, German, Simplified Chinese and Japanese.
Understanding vSphere and vCenter Licensing
vSphere 5 will be licensed on a per processor basis with a vRAM entitlement. Each vSphere 5 processor license will entitle the purchaser to a specific amount of vRAM, or memory configured to virtual machines. The vRAM entitlement can be pooled across a vSphere environment to enable a true cloud or utility-based IT consumption model. Just like VMware technology offers customers an evolutionary path from the traditional datacenter to a cloud infrastructure, the new vSphere 5 licensing model allows customers to evolve to a cloud-like "pay for consumption" model without disrupting established purchase, deployment, and license management practices and processes. Unlike vSphere 4.x licenses, vSphere 5 licenses do not impose any limits on the number of cores per processors and maximum size of RAM capacity per host.
Support Offerings
Production or Basic support contracts are available for all VMware vSphere product bundles with the exception of VMware vSphere Essentials. Support and Subscription (SnS) contracts are available for VMware vSphere and VMware vCenter Server. One year of SnS is required. Learn more about support.
Production
Global support available 24x7 for your production environments where fast response times for critical issues are required. Includes product updates and upgrades. Learn more about Production support.
Learn more about Production Support
Basic
Support for non-critical applications and platforms that require support during normal business hours only. Includes product updates and upgrades.
Learn more about Basic Support
VMware vSphere and vCenter Pricing
Suggested retail pricing for U.S. editions of VMware vSphere and vCenter Server available below. Contact your local reseller partner for specific pricing. See the VMware vSphere Editions Comparison table below for information on each edition.
Note: List Pricing is for reference purposes only and is subject to change without notice. Pricing reflected in this document is suggested retail price in USD, for sales in the US. Regional prices may vary.
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Consolidation
Convert Physical System to Virtual Machines and Leverage Live Migration (vMotion)
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Availability
Enable High Availability (HA)
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Automated Resources Management
Continuous Availability and Automated Resources Management Deliver Fault Tolerance (FT) for Applications, Load Balancing (DRS), Power Management (DPM), and Live Storage Migration (Storage vMotion) without Manual Intervention
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Simplified Operations
Advanced Networking (Distributed Network Switch, I/O Control), Advanced Storage (Storage DRS, Profile-Driven Storage), and Host Deployment/Configuration (Auto Deploy, Host Profiles) for More OPEX Savings
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VMware vCenter Server Editions
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| VMware vCenter Server Foundation |
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VMware vCenter Server Standard
Includes Linked Mode and vCenter Orchestrator |
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