مقایسه VMware vSphere 5.5 and 5.1
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vSphere 5.5 |
vSphere 5.1 |
Features |
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320 |
160 |
Physical CPUs per host |
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4 TB |
2 TB |
Physical RAM per host |
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16 |
8 |
NUMA nodes per host |
|
4096 |
2048 |
Maximum vCPUs per host |
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62 TB |
2TB |
VMDK Size |
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62 TB |
2TB |
Max Size of Virtual RDM |
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10 |
9 |
VM Hardware Version |
| yes |
No |
40 GBps physical Adapter support |
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unlimited |
32 GB |
ESXi Free version RAM limit |
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8-way virtual SMP |
8-way virtual SMP |
ESXi Free version maximum vSMP |
|
Yes |
Support to run these HBAs at 16Gb. However, there is no support for full, end-to-end 16Gb connectivity from host to array |
16 GB fibre channel End-to-End support
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|
Yes |
No |
APP HA |
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Yes |
No |
vFlash Read Cache support |
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Yes |
No |
VMware VSAN support |
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NVIDIA, AMD and Intel GPU |
only NVIDIA |
Expanded v-GPU and G-GPU support |
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100 Hosts and 3000 Virtual Machines |
5 Hosts and 50 Virtual |
vCenter Server Appliance With Embedded Database support upto |
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Yes |
No |
Microsoft Windows 2012 Cluster Support |
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Intoduced in vSphere 5.5 |
No |
PDL (Permanent Device Loss) AutoRemove |
| Yes |
No |
Graphics acceleration support for Linux Guest OS |
| Yes |
No |
Hot-pluggable SSDPCIe devices |
| Yes |
No |
Support for Reliable Memory Technology |
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Processor power state (C-state) also is used, providing additional power savings and increased Performance |
Host power management leveraged only the performance state (P-state), which kept the processor running at a lower frequency and voltage |
CPU C-state Enhancement |
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Yes |
No |
LSI SAS support for Oracle Solaris 11 OS
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Yes |
No |
vSphere Big Data Extensions
|
| Yes (Support upto 120 devices per VM) |
No |
SATA-based virtual device nodes via AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) support |
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Supports up to 64 |
one LACP group per distributed switch |
Improved LACP Support
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Version 5.5 can keep up to 24 historical snapshots |
vSphere Replication kept only the most recent copy of a virtual machine |
Multiple point-in-time replicas
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