Decoding the new Broadcom VMware vSphere Licensing Packages (for Small Deployments)

Edit: I was corrected elsewhere that I was reading the core minimum as per-server. However, the core-minimum is per-processor/socket. Meaning, if you have a dual processor server, and each server is using 16 or less cores (such as a dual 8-core server), you're going to need to buy 32 cores of licensing because you're required a minimum of 16-cores per processor. The below posting has been updated to reflect this. Way back in December (really,…

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VMware Ends Perpetual vSphere Licensing

For those of you who have been living under some form of large boulder, VMware, who can't seem to go without having some sort of sugar daddy and finally break out on to their own, after over a year of jumping regulatory hurdles in several countries has finally been fully acquired by Broadcom. Yes, that Broadcom, the semiconductor company. For those not playing along, other software companies such as CA (Computer Associates) and Symantec were…

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