VMworld 2012 kicked this past Monday. During the keynote VMware officially announced new vCPU based vCloud Suite licensing. The vCloud Suite be purchased in three
different bundles: Standard, Advanced,
and Enterprise.
vCloud Suite Enterprise features:
The three products that are generating the most buzz with our clients are a part of the Enterprise bundle:
So how much does it cost?
At first glance the list price for the new vCloud Suite Enterprise is
seemingly high at
$11,495
per CPU.
Here is a breakdown of the cost for the three applications (plus vSphere) based on 50 VMs on a host:
Product
|
License type
|
Qty
|
Cost
|
Total
|
Enterprise Plus
|
CPU
|
2
|
3495
|
$ 6,990
|
SRM ENTERPTISE
|
VM
|
50
|
495
|
$ 24,750
|
vCops Enterprise
|
VM
|
50
|
195.8
|
$ 9,790
|
vShield App
|
VM
|
50
|
$175
|
$ 8,750
|
|
|
|
Total
|
$ 50,280
|
*Based on 50 VMs per host
SRM, vCops, vShield App, and vSphere purchased separately
for a 50 VM host without vCloud Suite bundle would cost $50,280 vs $23,990 with
the suite. Since the new licensing is
per CPU, the more VMs per host, the greater the value.
With the greater core counts and DIMM slots in the latest
generation of 2U servers coupled with the new vCloud Suite licensing, scaling
up to fewer larger servers could be your best bang for the buck. And when you are ready to take your company
to the private or public cloud, it will just be a matter of enabling and
configuring the vCloud software for which you are already licensed.
Labels: capacity, cpu, density, enterprise plus, licensing, SRM, tco, vcac, vcloud suite, vcns, vCops, Vmware
