vCenter Foundation Maximum

[Amal77]

Hi,

Need your guys help.

Kinda confused with the maximum CPU supported for the vCenter Foundation.

vCenter Foundation support a maximum of 3 hosts.

But what is the maximum CPU supported per host?

Already search through the community, some said 2 CPU, and some said 16 CPU?

Appreciate your time.

Thanks.

[vmroyale · Accepted solution]

Hello.

But what is the maximum CPU supported per host?

"...VMware Infrastructure 3 Foundation will have no restrictions on shared storage connectivity, memory utilization or number of CPUs of the physical server." - p.3 VMware Infrastructure 3 Pricing, Packaging and Licensing Overview

Just out of curiosity, are you still using vi3?

Good Luck!

[Amal77]

Hi there,

Thanks for the reply.

Yup, read about that already.

I was referring to vSphere 4 vCenter Foundation.

Found nothing on vSphere 4 pricing document though.

Thanks.

[Troy_Clavell]

see below for pricing and feature

http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere_pricing.pdf

[Amal77]

Thanks Troy.

Already read that before, based on my comment to vmroyale.

It doesn't state the maximum num of CPU per host.

Or did I miss something?

Thanks.

[Troy_Clavell]

http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r41/vsp_41_config_max.pdf

[Amal77]

Hi Troy,

Yup, also already read that one too before.

Didn't find anything.

Thanks.

[DSTAVERT]

I would call 1-877-486-9273

I would ask what will you be managing? Since this is a stand alone purchase you would also be required to add licensed ESX(i) hosts.

[Troy_Clavell]

what product suite are you using for ESX(i)

[a_p_]

The only difference between vCenter Standard and vCenter Foundation is the limitation to the 3 hosts. The number of CPUs per host is not related to vCenter Foundation, it's related to the host itself. See CPU limits per host in the link Troy provided earlier.

André

[a_p_]

... maybe you mixed this up with vCenter Server for Essentials where the CPU limt per host is 2.

André

[Amal77]

Ahhh... I see...

So, there's no difference between vCenter Foundation and vCenter Standard in managing multiple CPU licenses then... ^_^

I tried searching through the community, and found some of the post saying that the vCenter Foundation supports up to 3 host with 2 CPU each only...

So, that's where I got confused...

Currently I'm proposing my customer with 3 host with 4 CPU each by using vCenter Foundation, but suddenly got a bit curious on the CPU thing and found out those answers as I mention above...

Guess, there's nothing wrong with then!

Thanks Andre, Troy, DSTAVERT, and vmroyale!

Now I can relax.

[bilalhashmi]

Just keep in mind your customer will be screwed if he/she plans to go beyond 3 host. There is no upgrade path for licenses.. he/she will have to repurchase the product.. u probably know this already but just wanted to point that out..

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[DSTAVERT]

Now I can relax.

You haven't got it installed yet. There is no relaxing.

[Amal77]

Bilal,

Yes, I am very aware of that. Thanks for pointing out.

Currently am trying to reduce as much price as I can to fight with Xen Citrix.

Customer really insist on 4 CPU per server, though it would be much better if it were on 2 CPU if I am going against Xen Citrix.

Not much choice, so need to do something on cutting the cost down in some area.

DSTAVERT,

Hahaha... yeah... at least for now... ^_^

[bilalhashmi]

Currently am trying to reduce as much price as I can to fight with Xen Citrix.

I am all for fighting XEN out myself its not much of a fight though.. :smileygrin: Good Luck! hope it all works out!

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[a_p_]

Just keep in mind your customer will be screwed if he/she plans to go beyond 3 host. There is no upgrade path for licenses...

bilalhashmi,

that's not quite correct, you can upgrade from vCenter Server from Foundation to Standard. see e.g. Upgrade: VMware vCenter Server Foundation to vCenter Server Standard

It's only the Essentials Kits which cannot exceed 3 hosts. However, there are also upgrade paths from Essentials/Essentials Plus to e.g. the Standard Acceleration Kit. see this link

André

[bilalhashmi]

Opps! I stand corrected.. thanks for pointing that out Andre.. This is news to me.. I remember seeing there wasn't an upgarde path.. but that was a while back... its good to know there is.. this only makes more business sense.. thanks for sharing that..

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[Amal77]

Hehehe... forgot to point that out to you bilal... ^_^

Thanks Andre!