Understanding the VMware ESXi limitations of the free Version

Solution 1:

Those two stats you mention are different; it's 8 virtualised CPUs per VM and 2 physical CPU sockets that they're talking about - not the same thing. BTW if you're going with the free version have a look at THIS great new ESXi add-in that gives you a vCenter-like interface into your host via a web client - it's really new and really useful :)

Solution 2:

Free version Hypervisor (Esxi) Version 6.0

• 2 (physical) CPU limit
• No Ram limit (removed since 5.5)

Hypervisor Spec

• Number of cores per physical CPU: No limit
• Number of physical CPUs per host: No limit
• Number of logical CPUs per host: 480
• Maximum vCPUs per virtual machine: 8

http://www.vmware.com/ap/products/vsphere-hypervisor/gettingstarted.html

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Solution 3:

When you apply the ESXi 6 free license, it appears :

Product : VMware vSphere Hypervisor Licenced 6 for 2 physical CPUs ( unlimited cores per CPU)

Product features:

Up to 8 -way virtual SMP

Extracted from: http://www.sysadmit.com/2016/03/vmware-esxi-gratuito-limitaciones.html