I/O Controls (Storage and Network) – access prioritization due to continuous I/O workload monitoring.Storage DRS – automatic balancing of disk resource workload.Distributed Switch – centralized management of the network configuration.Reliable Memory – optimal placement of VMkernel blocks in the memory.

Distributed Power Management – optimization of power consumption due to switching off idle hosts.Distributed Resource Scheduler – balancing the workload between hosts.In addition to Standard features, vSphere Enterprise edition offers the following options: APIs for Array Integration, Multipathing – API storage interfaces to integrate arrays and manage alternative paths.Multi-VC Content Library – centralized management of VM templates, vApp, IOS and scripts.APIs for Storage Awareness (VASA) – vCenter and disk array integration.

Storage-Policy Management (SPBM) – an automatic storage management.

Virtual Volumes ( VVOLs) – a virtualization of SAN and NAS storage devices.

VM Data Replication – an optimized data replication using WAN.

Storage vMotion – an online migration of virtual disk files between storage devices.

vMotion, Cross-Switch vMotion – an online migration of VMs between servers or virtual switches.

Fault Tolerance – provides continuous VM (app) availability in case of hardware failures.

High Availability – reduces downtime due to automatic VM restart.

VSphere Standard offers the following features: Let’s briefly describe the most interesting features available in different editions: I/O Controls (Network and Storage) and SR-IOV Virtual Volumes and Storage-Policy BasedManagementĭistributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) and Distributed Power Management (DPM) High Availability (HA) and Fault Tolerance(FT)ĭata Protection (VDP) and VM Data Replication VMotion, Storage vMotion and Cross-Switch vMotion

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