vRAM Entitlements

[progjm]

Hopefully someone can help me with the vRAM entitilment explination

From what I understand VMWare Essentials allows 192BG's of ram total, which when running three servers in my cluster equates to 64GB's of usable RAM each. Am I correct on that part?

What if I have a server with lets say 96GB's of RAM and the other two with 64GB's, how does VMware handle that? Or does it know to split evenly between the cluster?

Thanks

[a_p_ · Accepted solution]

The vRAM entitlement is pooled by vCenter and it doesn't matter how much vRAM is consumed by a single host. As soon as all vRAM is consumed (in the Essentials Editions) you won't be able to power on more VM's.

André

[progjm]

Thank you!

[a_p_]

... and don't mix up physical RAM with vRAM. vRAM is the amount of memory assigned to a powered on VM (plus the overhead). The amount of physical RAM in the hosts does not matter at all (except for the free edition).

André