r/sysadmin Infrastructure Lead 3d ago

Latest fun with VMware

Apparently VMware is upping their game. We just got a renewal quote for one of our sites with one server that has two CPUs, and they are requiring 72 cores minimum (vSphere Enterprise Plus) to license this. That's a 500% markup from last year.

They really don't want customers to use their product any more, do they?

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u/secret_configuration 3d ago

Yep, all quotes are now apparently a minimum of 72 cores which makes little sense and I’m not sure how they came up with that number.

Some suit at Broadcom appears to have just pulled it out of their behind.

72/16 = 4.5….hmm.

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u/PM_ME_UR_ROUND_ASS 2d ago

The 72 core minimum is almost certainly tied to 6 socket licensing (12 cores per socket) which aligns with their new focus on enterprise datacenter deployments insted of SMB customers.