VMware vSphere 5.0 introduces many improvements and new features to extend the benefits and capabilities of vSphere 4.1. These advancements build on the core capacities in vSphere to provide improved scalability; better performance; and easier provisioning, monitoring and troubleshooting. This VMware vSphere 5 Technical Paper focuses on the these new features and enhancements
An important feature of the new licensing model is the concept of pooling the vRAM capacity entitlements for all processor licenses. The vRAM entitlements of vSphere CPU licenses are pooled – that is, aggregated – across all CPU licenses managed by a VMware vCenter instance (or multiple linked VMware vCenter instances) to form a total available vRAM capacity (pooled vRAM capacity). If workloads on one server are not using their full vRAM entitlement, the excess capacity can be used by other virtual machines within the VMware vCenter instance. At any given point in time, the vRAM capacity consumed by all powered-on virtual machines within a pool must be equal or lower than the pooled vRAM capacity
VMware vSphere 5 is the industry leading virtualization platform for building cloud infrastructures. It enables users to run business critical applications with confidence and respond to business needs faster. VMware vSphere 5 accelerates the shift to cloud computing for existing datacenters and underpins compatible public cloud offerings, forming the foundation for the industrys only hybrid cloud model
