VMware hates it's loyal customers
Now that vSphere 5 has officially been announced, has anyone else reviewed the licensing changes [PDF]? They are changing the model to begin capping the total vRAM at a socket-license level. So, it works out like this, for each socket, these are the vRAM entitlements per license level: - 24GB vRAM for Essentials Kit - 24GB vRAM for Essentials Plus Kit - 24GB vRAM for Standard - 32GB vRAM for Enterprise - 48GB vRAM for Enterprise Plus Let's say that you are using an 8-node cluster, each with 96GB of Physical RAM, and each with Enterprise Plus licensing. That means you are now entitled to 768MB of Virtual RAM. Now let's say that you use a script, such as this one , to determine how much vRAM is in use in your current environment. If the answer is >768MB, you are now out of compliance. Let's say that you have fairly low consolidation ratios and you are consuming 1024MB of RAM. That means you need to purchase and additional 256MB of vRAM licensing, which equates to 6...