esxi 5 free hypervisor?

[gallagauge]

I saw that there is a new version of esxi (version 5).

Will there be a version 5 of the free VMware vSphere Hypervisor or is this product going to stay at version 4.1?

[GregecSLO]

I can`t find any difference at all.

I suppose we download this: http://downloads.vmware.com/d/info/datacenter_cloud_infrastructure/vmware_vsphere_hypervisor_esxi/5_...

Wait till VmWare start to issue reg. keys, enter key into it and thats it.

[FredPeterson]

stinklyonion wrote:

what is the difference between Hypervisor 5.0 and ESXi 5.0 anyway?

There is none.

vSphere 5 is the first version that does not have a "Hypervisor" and "ESXi" version.  ESXi is the only choice now.  USB/SD boot OR installed to a local hard drive OR PXE boot.

Or do you mean the difference between the "free" version and a paid for?

[JohnADCO]

So I take it for my stand alone host,  I would be able to buy 3 sockets of standard and get my 96GB ram to cover my over commitment?

Ouch,  Nearly $3K to cover what I am doing for zero right now.    Bummer because the host does nothing ever, unless we need true Disaster Recovery or are testing our Disaster Recovery.

[JohnADCO]

Thanks...    I think that makes me feel a little better.  I forget about the essentials offerings.

Se really less than 1K for the stand alone host and I get some basic management too.   $300 re-occuring charge each year as well. 

Thanks,   I am starting to catch on.

[Manu2]

I'm sorry but I've checked and search without success, where can I get the non-paid licence for ESXi 5 ?

I had the free version for version 4.1 and jsut upgraded after reading that there would still be a free version, but now I can't ssh to my host anymore (apparently this feature has been retired for trial/free edition 😕 ) and I'm getting a reminder about the remaining days I can use my host.

[golddiggie]

You just need to register for the key on the VMware vSphere Hypervisor pages. Once you've done that, you'll see a product key on the page where you'll be able to pull down the binaries. Pretty straight forward IMO...

[Manu2]

Thank you, I've found my key.

I  find it's really difficult now to find a simple thing as there is so many different products and name that are too complex and approximately the same.

I used the search box too while I should have use the Products menu.

[milton123]

I think 32GB per host is fair. It just so happens I use a Dell blade server at home and 4 of the 1955 blades are dual Xeon quad cores with 32GB of RAM (the developement cluster) and 4 are 1955 dual Xeon dual cores with 16GB of RAM (the sandbox cluster). The remaining 2 1955 blades are non-ESXi physical servers.

Cheers, Yours Udin