تفاوت ها در نسخه های مختلف VMware

ورژن های مختلف VMware دارای تفاوت هایی می باشد، در جدول زیر می توان تفاوت های vSphere 4.x و VMware Infrastructure 3.x را دید. شما با مقایسه این دو محصول می توانید به قابلیت های هر یک پی ببرید. در حال حاضر این شرکت نسخه VMware vSphere 5.1b را ارائه کرده است.

Product Suite	Features
VMware Infrastructure Foundation	ESX 3.5
	VirtualCenter Agent
	Update Manager
	vSMP
	VCB
	VMFS
VMware Infrastructure Standard 3.x	ESX 3.5
	VirtualCenter Agent
	Update Manager
	vSMP
	VCB
	VMFS
	High Availability
VMware Infrastructure Enterprise	ESX 3.5
	VirtualCenter Agent
	Update Manager
	vSMP
	VCB
	VMFS
	High Availability
	DRS
	vMotion
	Storage vMotion
vSphere 4.x Essentials	Update Manager
	Thin Provisioning
	VirtualCenter Agent
	4-way vSMP
	ESXi or ESX 4.x
	vCenter Server for Essentials up to 3 servers
vSphere 4.x Essentials Plus	Update Manager
	VirtualCenter Agent
	Thin Provisioning
	4-way vSMP
	ESXi or ESX 4.x
	vCenter Server for Essentials up to 3 servers
	Data Recovery
	High Availability
	vMotion only in vSphere 4.1
vSphere 4.x Standard	Thin Provisioning
	High Availability
	Update Manager
	VCB/vStorage APIs
	VirtualCenter Agent
	4-way vSMP
	ESXi or ESX 4.x
	6 Physical Cores/CPU 256GB Physical Memory
	vMotion only in vSphere 4.1
vSphere 4.x Advanced	vShield Zones
	Data Recovery
	Fault Tolerance
	Hot Add
	VMotion
	Thin Provisioning
	High Availability
	Update Manager
	VCB/vStorage APIs
	VirtualCenter Agent
	4-way vSMP
	ESXi or ESX 4.x
	12 Physical Cores/CPU 256GB Physical Memory
vSphere 4.x Enterprise	DRS/DPM
	Storage VMotion
	vShield Zones
	Data Recovery
	Fault Tolerance
	Hot Add
	VMotion
	Thin Provisioning
	High Availability
	Update Manager
	VCB/vStorage APIs
	VirtualCenter Agent
	4-way vSMP
	ESXi or ESX 4.x
	6 Physical Cores/CPU 256GB Physical Memory
vSphere 4.x Enterprise Plus	Host Profiles
	Distributed Switch
	DRS/DPM
	Storage VMotion
	vShield Zones
	Data Recovery
	Fault Tolerance
	Hot Add
	VMotion
	Thin Provisioning
	High Availability
	Update Manager
	VCB/vStorage APIs
	VirtualCenter Agent
	8-way vSMP
	ESXi or ESX 4.x
	12 Physical Cores/CPU 256GB Physical Memory