VMware vSphere 5.5 or 6.0, What to choose ?
Did you ever get lost while making a decision? I did, not once but many times.I had lot of doubts,confusions during the decision process but in my opinion there is no right or wrong for what we decide because I already had a reason for what I choose.
I recently got a task to select a VMware version for my new infrastructure .Let me explain you what I choose and Why I choose (continue reading)
We are discussing here about vSphere 5.5 and 6.0 .Let us look some of the features of each version
| Feature | vSphere 5.5 | vSphere 6.0 | Comment |
| Released | September 2013 | March 2015 | |
| Physical CPUs per host | 320 | 480 | |
| Physical RAM per host | 4 TB | 12 TB | |
| VMs per host | 512 | 1000 | |
| vCPU per VM | 64 | 128 | |
| vMEM per VM | 1 TB | 4 TB | |
| VMDK Size | 62 TB | 62 TB | |
| Cluster Size | 32 | 64 | |
| FT Max vCPU | 1 vCPU | 4 vCPU | |
| FT Supported Disk Types | Eager-Zeroed | Lazy-Zeroed Eager-Zeroed Thin Provision |
What will you choose? |
| FT Supported Features | HA, DPM, SRM, VDS | HA, DPM, SRM, VDS, Hot Configure FT, H/W Virtualization, Snapshot, Paravirtual Devices, Storage Redundancy | What is FT? |
| VM Hardware Version | 10 | 11 | |
| VMFS Version | 5.60 | 5.61 | Read more about VMFS |
| Management | vSphere Web Client vSphere Client (C#) |
vSphere Web Client vSphere Client (C#) |
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| Authentication Management | Single Sign-On 5.5 | Platform Services Controller(PSC) | PSC in details |
| vMotion | vMotion restricted to Datacenter object | vMotion across vCenters vMotion across vSwitches |
What is vMotion? |
| vMotion Network Support | L2 Network max. 10ms RTT |
L3 Network max. 100ms RTT |
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| Content Library | NO | YES | |
| Certificate Authority (VMCA) | NO | YES | Read more about VMCA |
| Virtual Volumes | NO | YES | Read more about Virtual volumes |
| Virtual SAN | VSAN 5.5 | VSAN 6.0 | Read more about Virtual SAN |
| All-Flash VSAN | NO | YES | |
| VSAN Scale | 32 Nodes | 64 Nodes | |
| VSAN Fault Domains | NO | YES | |
| vCenter Type | Windows Linux (vCSA) |
Windows Linux (vCSA) |
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| vCenter Linked Mode | Windows only Microsoft ADAM Replication |
Windows & VCSA Native Replication |
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| vCSA Scale (vPostgres) | 100 Hosts 3000 VMs |
1000 Hosts 10000 VMs |
