About vmware cpu core

[GANESH100]

Can any one explain me about cpu core and licence involved in that.any restrication

[geddam]

License is based on socket basis, but not on per core basis. A socket may contain multiple cores (dual core, quad core etc). However a single physical core can handle a max of 20 logical vCPU's from ESX4 onwards.

Look for below docs for same...

http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r40/vsp_40_config_max.pdf

http://www.vmware.com/download/eula/single_processor.html

Thanks,,

Ramesh. Geddam,

VCP 3&4, MCTS(Hyper-V).

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[malaysiavm]

if you are talking about vmware view, it will go by per client bassis. Which you just need to pay the price per client, and they provide you vsphere 4, vcenter, vmware view 4 and others necessary item for desktop virtualization on VMware.

Craig

vExpert 2009

Malaysia VMware Communities -

[GANESH100]

Still I dont able to understand clearly in that core and licence part , even i searched out from websites.

Any one help on these clearly.

[Deepeer]

As ppl pointed out , license is based on socket and not core ... So if you have a dual socket system , you will need 2 licenses ... If you have quad socket system , you will need 4 licenses . The underlying cores does not count .

For example , Dual cpu ( single core or dual core or quad core ) all require 2 licenses . In the same manner Quad cpu ( single core or dual core or quad core ) require 4 licenses .

Hope this helps .

[GANESH100]

Any doc or help for these core .,

[Deepeer]

If you are looking for information about

Socket

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPU_socket

Multi-core processor

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-core_processor

VMware multicore licensing

http://www.vmware.com/download/eula/multicore.html

Check section "How does this policy affect my licensing costs on servers with less than 6 cores per processor?"

[GANESH100]

Thanks and good