VMware set to unveil vSphere 5 Licensing Changes, Again
VMware has planned to unveil revised vSphere 5 licensing terms on Wednesday that will give customers the ability to allocate more memory to their virtual machines. Channel partners contacted by CRN confirmed that VMware had already alerted them to the licensing changes.
Industry speculation of coming changes to vSphere 5 licensing has been bubbling since last Thursday, when blogger Derek Seaman reported that VMware was planning to boost the amount of memory that customers can allocate to virtual machines running on the host, which VMware calls vRAM.
According to Seaman, vSphere 5 Enterprise's vRAM allotment will jump from 32GB to 64GB, vSphere 5 Enterprise Plus will go from 48GB to 96GB, and vSphere 5 Essentials and Essentials Plus will go from 24GB to 32GB. VMware will also limit the amount of vRAM that counts against a customer's licensed pool to 96GB per virtual machine, even if the customer allocates more, Seaman reported.
Paul Maritz, CEO, VMware Corporation acknowledged that customers that have configured their vSphere infrastructure for higher levels of utilization will be paying more, but called this "a fair bargain to make" because of the value they are getting from running their operations in more cloud-like fashion. vSphere 5 is slated for launch in the third quarter, and the VMworld conference later this month would be a logical backdrop for VMware to officially release the first major update since launching its cloud operating system over two years ago.
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