Few post back ( here and here ) I blogged out information about vSphere5 license model. After a big wave of critical voices, VMware decide to change vRAM values in the licensing model 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...

Few day ago I wrote a post about a leak from VMware regarding update to new vSphere 5 license model. Finally, few days ago VMware officially  announced on partners Blog update to their new license policy, basically they double it amount of vRAM for Enterprise and Enterprise+ license. Link to source...

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...

As most of you probably knows already, VMware with vSphere 5 introduce new license model. vSphere 5 will be licensed based on number of CPU sockets and vRAM. What’s exactly means for the business ? Look at below examples. 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...