Starting from May 1st 2020 you will need an additional ESXi license with 32+ cores:
Update to VMware’s per-CPU Pricing Model
Update to VMware’s per-CPU Pricing Model
Thanks for the heads upStarting from May 1st 2020 you will need an additional ESXi license with 32+ cores:
Update to VMware’s per-CPU Pricing Model
The 48c sku likely will take a hit in favor of either higher clocked 32c or 64c skus for vmware deployments. If the hardware is used for bare metal, hyperv, kvm, proxmox, ect they would be unaffected.I do wonder what will become of CPUs with cores that are not a multiple of 32 though. It makes sense to buy a 32 core, or 64 core with this change. Let's say Cascade Lake/Refresh vs Rome. Even if the highest Intel 56 core SKU was considered, aside from situations where AVX512 is needed, Rome offers more cores, more IPC, higher interconnect, at a lower price point. IMHO, it's not really the end of the world as many are claiming.
Does that work? Might be worth doing for a 32 core chip, drop 1 to save a few thousand in licensing.there is still a way to reduce the core count on windows...
1. Open the Start menu. Click the "Search programs and files" box at the bottom, type "msconfig" and press "Enter." A new window titled "System Configuration" appears.
2. Click the "Boot" tab at the top of the window.
3. Click the "Advanced Options" button. A new window titled "BOOT Advanced Options" appears.
4. Click to place a check in the "Number of processors" box.
one way to reduce cost. not the best way... or maybe a change in the license count for additional cores would be a nice choice...
Chris
I don't think Microsoft looks like how many cores you give a VM of how many you restrict the OS to (via bios or advanced boot options); they just license by core count on the physical processor (no matter if you limit core count in bios or via another method). This is the same as when you're running ESXi on a 32-core CPU and give each (Windows Server) VM 4 cores; you still have to license for 32 cores that the physical server has and based on whether you're running Standard (comes with 2 Windows Server VM licenses per license (that covers the core count in the physical server)) or Datacenter (unlimited Windows Server VMs, but again has to be licensed based on core count in the physical server and not how many you assign to the VM).there is still a way to reduce the core count on windows...
1. Open the Start menu. Click the "Search programs and files" box at the bottom, type "msconfig" and press "Enter." A new window titled "System Configuration" appears.
2. Click the "Boot" tab at the top of the window.
3. Click the "Advanced Options" button. A new window titled "BOOT Advanced Options" appears.
4. Click to place a check in the "Number of processors" box.
one way to reduce cost. not the best way... or maybe a change in the license count for additional cores would be a nice choice...
Chris