This license is for one CPU and includes an entitlement of 24GB of vRAM.

VMware vSphere Standard 5 provides an entry-level solution for basic consolidation of applications to slash hardware costs while accelerating application deployment. vSphere 5 is the industry’s most complete, scalable and powerful virtualization platform, delivering the infrastructure and application services that organizations need to transform their information technology and deliver IT as a service.

• Thin provisioning - Reduce storage needs by utilizing dynamic storage that expands to meet the requirements of the virtual machine with no performance degradation.
• Update Manager - Reduce time spent on routine remediation by automating the tracking, patching and updating of your vSphere hosts, as well as the VM's applications and operating systems.
• Data Recovery - Protect your data through fast agent-less backups to disk, with de-duplication to minimize the use of backup disk space.
• High Availability - Minimize downtime with automated restart of your VMs following physical machine failure.
• vMotion - Eliminate application downtime from planned server maintenance by migrating running VM's between hosts.
• Storage APIs for Data Protection - Achieve scalable backup without disrupting applications or users by leveraging supported 3rd party backup software that leverage these APIs.

Note: Support (SnS) is required to purchase this product. vCenter is also required.