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Comparison of product offerings for vSphere 4.0 and VMware Infrastructure 3.X

Purpose

This article provides a comparison of product offerings across vSphere and VMware Infrastructure.

Resolution

This table provides a comparison of the product offerings for vSphere and VMware Infrastructure 3.x.

Note: Any information found on the product page for vSphere supersedes any information provided here. This information is provided as a best effort comparison only. For the most accurate and update to information about vSphere, see http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/.

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 4.0 Essentials	Update Manager
	Thin Provisioning
	VirtualCenter Agent
	4-way vSMP
	ESXi or ESX 4.0
	vCenter Server for Essentials (up to 3 servers)
vSphere 4.0 Essentials Plus	Update Manager
	VirtualCenter Agent
	Thin Provisioning
	4-way vSMP
	ESXi or ESX 4.0
	vCenter Server for Essentials (up to 3 servers)
	Data Recovery
	High Availability
vSphere 4.0 Standard	Thin Provisioning
	High Availability
	Update Manager
	VCB/vStorage APIs
	VirtualCenter Agent
	4-way Provisioning
	ESXi or ESX 4.0
	6 Physical Cores/CPU 256GB Physical Memory
vSphere 4.0 Advanced	vSheild 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 4.0
	12 Physical Cores/CPU 256GB Physical Memory
vSphere 4.0 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 4.0
	6 Physical Cores/CPU 256GB Physical Memory
vSphere 4.0 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 4.0
	12 Physical Cores/CPU 256GB Physical Memory

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KB Article: 1010579
Updated: Nov 17, 2009

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Products:
VMware ESX
VMware ESXi
VMware vCenter Server
Product Versions:
VMware ESX 3.0.x
VMware ESX 3.5.x
VMware ESX 4.0.x
VMware VirtualCenter 2.5.x
VMware vCenter Server 4.0.x

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