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THE VIRTUALISTS
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VENDOR-Submitted (IBM GTS)
Click here for details and disclaimer.
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WhatMatrix
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Assessment
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Overview
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vSphere 6.0 with Operations Management Enterprise - Click Here For Overview
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PowerVM 2.2.2. (Express, Standard or Enterprise Edition)
Includes VIO 2.2, HMC V7.7.7, Power Systems firmware. Optional PowerVC Optional PowerVP Optional PowerSC Optional System Director with VMControl
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Oracle VM 3.4 with Oracle Enterprise Manager 13c Cloud Control and OpenStack
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Maturity
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Release Dates:
vSphere 6.0 : Feb 2nd 2015 (ESX: 2001/2002, ESXi: Dec-2007) - more in details
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Mature and stable technology.
Latest version of PowerVM, published in 2013. First version published in 2004, under the name of APV: Advanced Power Virtualization.
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Current Stable Release OVM 3.4: March 26 2016 - Initial Release Date - July 31st of 2008
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Pricing
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Virtualization
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OM Ent: $3,625/socket + S&S:$761 (B) or $906 (Prod)
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Greatly varies: Starts at 280$ OTC and 200$ 3-year maintenance for a 4 core P710 with express edition
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Oracle VM Premier Limited for 2 Sockets Servers 1 Yr - $599.00; Oracle VM Premier for more than 2 Sockets Servers 1 Yr - $1,199.00;
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Management
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$4995(Std) + $1049(B) or $1249 (P)
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Included in Virtualization cost (IVM, HMC, FSM).
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$0.00
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Bundle/Kit Pricing
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See vSphere AK with OM
See vSphere with OM
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No
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$0.00
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Guest OS Licensing
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No
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No
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No
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VM Mobility
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Live Migration of VMs
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Yes vMotion
- Cross vSwitch vMotion Only
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Live Partition Mobility. Application Live Mobility
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Yes - Live Migration
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Migration Compatibility
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Yes (EVC)
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Yes, between Power6 and Power7 technology.
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Yes
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Maintenance Mode
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes - Maintenance Mode
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Automated Live Migration
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Yes (DRS) - CPU, Mem - No Storage DRS.
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Yes
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Yes
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Power Management
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Yes (DPM), Enhanced Host Power Management (C-States)
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Integrated Power management, plus additional features using Active Energy management.
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Yes
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Storage Migration
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Yes (Live Storage vMotion); including replicated VMs
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Yes, with Shared Storage Pools, or using SVCs.
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Yes
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HA/DR
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Cluster Size
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NEW
max 64 nodes / 8000 vm per cluster
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HA/DR independent from Virtualization layer (PowerHA)
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32 Hosts in Cluster/Pool
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Integrated HA (Restart vm)
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NEW
Yes (VMware HA)
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Possible using the VMControl option.
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Yes - Clustered Pool
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Automatic VM Reset
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Yes (VMware HA)
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No
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Yes
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VM Lockstep Protection
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NEW
Yes (Fault Tolerance) 4 vCPUs.
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No
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No
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Application/Service HA
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No
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Yes (PowerHA). Outside of Virtualization toolset
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No
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Replication / Site Failover
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Limited (native): vSphere Replication
Yes (with Vendor Add-On: SRM )
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Yes (PowerHA). Outside of Virtualization toolset
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Yes
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custom
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LOG Analysis
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custom
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Compliance
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custom
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Predictive Maintenance
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General
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Central Management
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Yes (vCenter Server Standard + enhanced Web Client), enhanced vCSA, SSO
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Yes.( HMC, IVM, FSM)
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Yes - OVM Manager & Oracle Enterprise Manager 13c Cloud Control
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Virtual and Physical
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Limited (plug-ins)
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Yes.(Various level of management, using only PowerVM or additional tools: System Director with VMControl, PowerVC)
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Yes - Oracle Enterprise Manager 13c Cloud Control
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RBAC / AD-Integration
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Yes (vCenter and ESXi hosts), enhanced SSO
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Yes, on VIO.
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Yes - Oracle Enterprise Manager 13c Cloud Control
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Cross-Vendor Mgmt
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Limited (Free Add-On): Multi-Hypervisor Manager 1.1 ;
Yes (with Vendor Add-On: vCloud Automation Center)
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Not with the base Virtualization (PowerVM). Yes with the extension (PowerVC) virtualization management tool.
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Yes - Adding 3rd Party Plug-in from Bluemedora Partner
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Browser Based Mgmt
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Yes - Enhanced Web Client (with enhanced SSO and BDE)
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Yes
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Yes - OVM Manager & Oracle Enterprise Manager 13c Cloud Control
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Adv. Operation Management
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vRealize Operations Edition Standard
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Yes
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Yes - Oracle Enterprise Manager 13c Cloud Control
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Updates and Backup
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Hypervisor Upgrades
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Yes (Update Manager)
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Yes
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Yes
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VM Patching
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Limited (Update Manager)
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Yes, but independent from the Virtualization products. SUMA, NIM,
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Yes
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Live VM Snapshot
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Yes
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Possibility exists to backup an image online (mksysb for AIX), but independent from the virtualizaiton tools.The Shared Storage Pool feature of VIO also supports a snapshot feature.
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Yes - Hot Clones
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Backup Integration API
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Yes (vStorage API Data Protection)
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Yes. TSM,
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Yes
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Integrated Backup
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Yes (vSphere Data Protection) - Replication of backup data, granular backup and scheduling
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No
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No
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Deployment
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Automated Host Deployments
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No
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Yes, with PowerVC, FSM, System Director
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Yes
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VM Templates
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NEW
Yes (Multi-‐Site Content Library)
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Yes. Using NIM or PowerVM.
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Yes
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Tiered VM Templates
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NEW
Yes (vApp/OVF)
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Yes, using FSM or System Director
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Yes
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Host Profiles
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Storage Profiles
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Yes (Storage Policy-Based Management)
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Click for Details
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No
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Other
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Resource Pools
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Yes
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Yes. Multiple Shared processor Pools
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No
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P2V
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Yes (VMware Converter)
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Not needed. Servers are Virtual. No physical servers since Power5.
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Yes
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Self Service Portal
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No
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yes, with additional Cloud tools.
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Yes
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Orchestration / Workflows
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Yes (vCenter Orchestrator)
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Yes, with additional Cloud tools.
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Yes
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Security
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Free: ESXi Firewall, vShield Endpoint;
Advanced (with Vendor Add-On: NSX / vCloud Networking and Security)
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Yes, built-in powerVM, VIO and HMC. Possibility for additional Security features using PowerSC.
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Yes
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Systems Management
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SNMPv3 +CIM, esxcli, vMA
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Yes, built-in, plus agents for additional management (Tvoli, BMC, CA, HP etc. agents for VIOs).
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Yes
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Storage
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Supported Storage
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DAS, NFS, FC, iSCSI, FCoE (HW&SW), vFRC, SDDC
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FC, SCSI, FCO, SAS, SATA, …?
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Yes
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SAN Multipath
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Yes (enhanced APD and PDL) PDL AutoRemove
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Yes: MPIO, SDPCM, PowerPath, …
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Yes
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Shared File System
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Yes (VMFS v5)
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Yes: NFS, GPFS, SSP
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Yes
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Boot From SAN
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Yes (FC, iSCSI, FCoE and SW FCoE - NEW)
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Hypervisor: Not Applicable
VIO: Yes: FC, NPIV, SCSI, vSCSI |
Yes
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Boot from USB
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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Virtual Disk Format
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vmdk, raw disk (RDM)
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Raw, vSCSI, file.
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Raw Images (*.img files)
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Max Disk Size
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62TB for vmdk, RDM and snapshots
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256 PetaBytes
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10 TB (if Virtual Disk on OCFS2), Maximum supported on the Guest OS/Filesystem (if Raw Disks)
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Thin Disk Provisioning
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Yes (incl. SE Sparse Disk)
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Yes, with SSP on VIOs.
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Yes
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NPIV Support
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Yes (RDM only)
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Yes
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No
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Linked Images
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No
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No
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Yes
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SW Storage Replication
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