Compare vSphere Editions for Mid-size and Enterprise Businesses

Essential Essentials Plus

Standard Advanced Enterprise Enterprise Plus
s for Retail for Retail
ESX/ESXi
vCenter Server Compatibility vCenter Server for vCenter Server for vCenter Server vCenter Server vCenter Server vCenter Server
Essentials,
E ti l vCenter
C t E
Essentials,
ti l vCenter
C t F
Foundation
d ti & F
Foundation
d ti & F
Foundation
d ti & F
Foundation
d ti &
Server Foundation Server Foundation Standard Standard Standard Standard
& vCenter Server & vCenter Server
Standard Standard
Cores per Processor 6 6 6 12 6 12
vSMP Support 4 way
4-way 4 way
4-way 4 way
4-way 4 way
4-way 4 way
4-way 8 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