VMware vSphere^TM

Introducing VMware vSphere Essentials

The rich capabilities of VMware vSphere are packaged into two kits designed exclusively for small office deployments starting at just $166 per processor. vSphere Essentials enables server consolidation and centralized provisioning, monitoring and management to deliver immediate hardware and operational cost-savings. vSphere Essentials Plus adds in additional features for maintaining business continuity in the face of hardware failures and data loss.

Each kit is a solution bundle that includes everything required to virtualize and centrally manage many application workloads on three physical servers running vSphere. VMware vSphere is available in English, German, Simplified Chinese and Japanese.

Note: List Pricing is for reference purposes only and is subject to change without notice. Pricing reflected in this document is suggested retail price in USD, for sales in the US. Regional prices may vary.

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VMware vSphere Essentials Kits

	vSphere Essentials	vSphere Essentials Plus
1 Make better use of existing infrastructure
2 Save time in managing infrastructure
3 Improve application availability with VMware High Availability and vMotion
4 Better protect business data with VMware Data Recovery

Designed especially for small IT environments with fewer than 20 physical servers, the VMware vSphere Essentials Kits deliver enterprise-class capabilities in a cost-effective solution package for organizations that want to optimize and protect their IT assets with minimal up-front investment.

VMware vSphere Essentials provides an all-in-one solution for small offices to consolidate and manage many application workloads while reducing hardware and operating costs with a low up-front investment.

VMware vSphere Essentials Plus adds high application availability and data protection for a complete server consolidation and business continuity solution for the small office IT environment.

All kits are all-inclusive packages that enable you to virtualize and consolidate many application workloads onto three physical servers running vSphere and centrally manage them with VMware vCenter Server for Essentials.