Difference between VMware vSphere 5.0, vSphere 5.1 VMware vSphere 5.5 and vSphere 6.0

VMware vSphere 5.0 vs. vSphere 5.1 vs. vSphere 5.5 vs. vSphere 6.0

In this post we will discuss the the key differences between vSphere 5.0, vSphere 5.1, vSphere 5.5 and vSphere 6.0


Features VMWare vSphere 5.0 VMWare vSphere 5.1 VMWare vSphere 5.5 VMWare vSphere 6.0
Released gfd gfd September 2013 March 2015
VM HW Version Virtual Hardware 8 Virtual Hardware 9 Virtual Hardware 10 Virtual Hardware 11
vCPU per VM 32 64 64 128
VM Memory 1 TB 1 TB 1 TB 4 TB
Physical CPU per host 160 160 320 480
Physical RAM per host 2 TB 2 TB 4 TB 12 TB
VMDK Size 2 TB 2 TB 62 TB 62 TB
Cluster Size 32 32 32 64
FT Max vCPU 1 vCPU 1 vCPU 1 vCPU 4 vCPU
FT Supported Disk Types - - Eager-Zeroed Lazy-Zeroed Eager-Zeroed Thin Provision
FT Supported Features - - HA, DPM, SRM, VDS HA, DPM, SRM, VDS, Hot Configure FT, H/W Virtualization, Snapshot, Paravirtual Devices, Storage Redundancy
VMFS Version 5.54 5.58 5.60 5.61
Management - - vSphere Web Client,
vSphere Client (C#)
vSphere Web Client, vSphere Client (C#)
Authentication Management - Single Sign-On Single Sign-On 5.5 Platform Services Controller
vMotion Network Support - - L2 Network max.
10ms RTT
L3 Network max. 100ms RTT
Content Library NO NO NO YES
Virtual Volumes NO NO NO YES
All-Flash VSAN NO NO NO YES
Virtual SAN - - VSAN 5.5 VSAN 6.0
VSAN Scale - - 32 Nodes 64 Nodes
VSAN Fault Domains NO NO NO YES
vCenter Type Windows,Linux (vCSA) Windows,Linux (vCSA) Windows,Linux (vCSA) Windows,Linux (vCSA)
vCenter Linked Mode gfd gfd Windows only Microsoft ADAM Replication Windows & VCSA Native Replication
Features – Auto Deploy
– Storage DRS
– vSphere Storage Appliance
– Profile driven storage
– vSphere Web Client
– vCenter Server Appliance
– ESXi Firewall
– Single Sign-On
– Enhanced vMotion
– Sparse Virtual Disks
– Single-root I/O Virtualization
– vSphere Replication
– vSphere Data Protection
– vShield Endpoint
– vSphere Flash Read Cache
– Virtual SAN
– Reliable Memory Technology
– vSphere Big Data Extensions
– vCenter Single Sign-On 2.0
– vSphere App HA – 40GBps NIC Support
– Virtual Volumes
– vMotion across vSwitches
– Cross vCenter vMotion
– Native Linked Mode
– Platform Services Controller
– Certificate Authority (VMCA)
– Content Library

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