[cisco-voip] difference between Cisco UC Virtualization Foundation vs VMWare vSphere

[Lelio Fulgenzi]

Thanks Matthew. I just found the article after I hit send. I noticed the memory limitations. 

Apparently VMware was getting a few complaints from their customers so as of vSphere 5.1 there are no longer any memory limitations. The docwiki shows support for up to 5.0 (and 5.0 updates) only so it will be interesting to see how this will affect the supported apps. 

I'll probably go with a full VMware license for now and if we can save money later, great. 

Now to see which version of VMware to pick. 



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From: "Matthew Loraditch" <MLoraditch at heliontechnologies.com> 
To: "Lelio Fulgenzi" <lelio at uoguelph.ca>, "Cisco VoIPoE List" <cisco-voip at puck.nether.net> 
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 6:10:34 PM 
Subject: RE: [cisco-voip] difference between Cisco UC Virtualization Foundation vs VMWare vSphere 




Foundation is not free but is cheaper than standard 

Details here (scroll down just a wee bit): 

http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Unified_Communications_VMware_Requirements#Supported_Editions_and_Features_of_VMware_vSphere_ESXi.2C_VMware_vCenter_and_VMware_vSphere_Client 



I use it on my installs but it does have RAM limitations, even though VMWare has dumped those, this is a Cisco OEM Version and the RAM limit still exists as of now. 






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From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Lelio Fulgenzi 
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 5:59 PM 
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Subject: [cisco-voip] difference between Cisco UC Virtualization Foundation vs VMWare vSphere 




just wondering if anyone has any comments on the difference between Cisco UC Virtualization Foundation vs VMWare vSphere ? it says that one of these is required. i'm looking at a couple of C series installations. 

Is Foundations "free"? Will it give me everything I need to manage these VMs? 

Thoughts? 

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Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A. 
Senior Analyst (CCS) * University of Guelph * Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 
(519) 824-4120 x56354 (519) 767-1060 FAX (ANNU) 
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
Cooking with unix is easy. You just sed it and forget it. 
- LFJ (with apologies to Mr. Popeil) 

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