Leverage the power of a virtualization platform to build and deploy a private cloud, increase control through service-level automation and pool resources so you can deliver IT as a Service (ITaaS). VMware vSphere, the industry's most complete and robust virtualization platform, dramatically reduces capital and operating costs and maximizes IT efficiency while giving you agility through automation and the freedom to choose applications, OS and hardware.
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Choosing Your VMware vSphere Edition
The rich capabilities of VMware vSphere are packaged into multiple editions to fit the needs of any organization. Each edition includes a hypervisor as well as features to support basic consolidation, improve availability, protect data, automate resource management, and simplify operations. For the hypervisor, customers can choose to deploy either VMware ESXi or VMware ESX as the hypervisor architecture for vSphere. (Please note that ESXi is the preferred hypervisor architecture when deploying vSphere). VMware vSphere is available in English, German, Simplified Chinese and Japanese.
VMware vSphere Editions for Mid-Size & Enterprise Business
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Convert Physical System to Virtual Machines and Leverage Live Migration (vMotion)
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Enable High Availability (HA) and Fault Tolerance (FT) for Applications
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Automated Resources Management
Deliver Load Balancing (DRS), Power Management (DPM), and Live Storage Migration (Storage vMotion) without Manual Intervention
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Simplified Operations
Advanced Networking (Distributed Network Switch) and Host Configuration Templates (Host Profiles) for More OPEX Savings
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VMware vSphere Standard offers an entry solution for basic consolidation of applications, reducing hardware costs while accelerating application deployment. Download the VMware vSphere Standard Edition datasheet.
VMware vSphere Advanced provides a strategic consolidation solution, protecting business-critical applications against planned and unplanned downtime, providing superior application availability. Download the VMware vSphere Advanced Edition datasheet.
VMware vSphere Enterprise includes key features for minimizing downtime, protecting data, and automating resource management. Download the VMware vSphere Enterpise Edition datasheet.
VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus delivers the full range of VMware vSphere features, transforming datacenters into dramatically simplified environments, offering the next generation of flexible, reliable IT services. Download the VMware vSphere Enterpise Edition datasheet.
VMware offers two kits of vSphere specifically targeted at retail and remote office installation for mid-size and enterprise businesses. Further descriptions for these kits, known as vSphere Essentials for Retail and Branch Office and vSphere Esssentials Plus for Retail and Branch Office by visiting VMware solutions for remote and branch offices.
vSphere Edition Notes
- VMware vSphere is also available in packages designed exclusively for small environments.
- One instance of VMware vCenter Server, sold separately, is required for VMware vSphere deployments
