vSphere 5 vs vSphere 6 Difference between both versions
This article will guide you with the difference between the vSphere 5 vs vSphere 6 (ESXi 6 Installation Guide ). ESXi 6.0 is enhanced with new features such as (vVols) Virtual Volume creations. NFS Version 4.1 Support. So many new features are included lets see few of them in below table.
vSphere 5 Vs vSphere 6
vSphere 6.0 | vSphere 5.5 | |
VM memory per VM | 4TB | 1 TB |
virtualvolumes(Vvols) | Yes | N/A |
VM HarwareW version | virtual hardware 11 | VM HW10 |
NFS Version support | NFS 4.1 | NFS 3.0 |
vCenter single-sing-on | SSO included as part of platform services controller | SSO with improved architecture |
VSAN | VSAN 6.0 | VSAN 5.5 |
vCPU | 128 vCPU’s | 64 CPU’s |
Max CPU per Host | 480 | 320 |
Max Mem per Host | 12 TB | 4TB |
Max vCPU per FT vm | 4 vCPU | 1 CPU |
Cluster nodes | 64 nodes | 32 nodes |
VM’s per cluster | 8,000 | 4,000 |
Graphical support | WDDM 1.1 GDI graphics acceleration | improved 3D graphics support |
vCSA with embedded DB | 1000 hosts and 10000 VM’s | 300 hosts and 1,000 vM’s |
content library | vSphere 6.0 | NA |
Management | vSphere web client , vSphere clinet | vSphere web client , vSphere client |
vCenter type | windows, Linux (vCSA) | windows, Linux (vCSA) |
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vSphere 5 vs vSphere 6 Difference between both versions
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