VMware vSphere Essentials - is approx $600 and for this you get 3 x 2 CPU Host Server licenses and vCenter Server. This is the cheapest license. Otherwise Register for a FREE License, as per my EE Article. See ESXi is FREE on registration, BUT, apply the License on the 59/60th Day, and you can EVALUATE ALL the FULL features for 60 days for FREE!

VMware vSAN powers market-leading Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) solutions through native integration with the industry-standard VMware vSphere hypervisor and the VMware vCenter Server unified management solution. vSAN is quite capable of running nearly any virtual server and desktop workload. These workloads run in an ever-increasing number of environments: primary data centers, disaster recovery sites, remote offices, call centers, retail stores, commercial ships, and more. A one-size-fits-all licensing model does not cover such a wide variety of use cases so VMware offers vSAN in a few different licensing options.

UPDATE: The vSAN Licensing Guide has been updated. See the vSAN 6.6 Licensing Guide.

The vSAN 6.5 Licensing Guide is available to help customers and partners understand what licensing editions are available, the features included in each edition, the consumption types (per-CPU, per-VM, per-CCU), and the scenarios where they are commonly used. Notable changes to the licensing lineup include support for all-flash configurations with all license types, block access using the iSCSI protocol, and the addition of ROBO Advanced to enable all-flash space efficiency features such as deduplication and compression in a cost-effective, per-VM licensing model for remote office locations.

While it might seem a bit confusing at first, you will hopefully see that the intent was to keep licensing as simple as possible while providing flexible, cost-effective options for a wide variety of implementation scenarios. The vSAN 6.5 Licensing Guide begins with a quick introduction to vSAN and the license editions available with version 6.5. This is followed by several example scenarios along with a summary that highlights the main items to keep in mind when considering vSAN licensing.

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• Cost calculation includes hypervisor license and management costs for both Oracle VM and VMware vSphere 5.
• Oracle VM Hypervisor and Oracle VM Manager are freely available for download at no charge. There are no license fees.
• Oracle VM Premier Support customers receive Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c, management software Base Enterprise Manager Functionality, including Ops Center, for free.
• Oracle VM Support is available at no charge to customers who purchase Oracle Hardware with support contract.
• Comparison is for 24x7 support offering.
• We have compared Oracle Premier Support for Oracle VM to VMware Production Support – these are the equivalent levels for 24x7 support. Note that VMware’s Basic Support provides only 12x5 coverage and Production Support is needed for 24x7 coverage.
• Oracle and VMware List Prices have been collected from the following sources:
  Oracle:
  http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/pricing/els-pricelist-070592.pdf
  VMware:
  http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/pricing.html
  http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere_pricing.pdf
  Red Hat:
  http://www.redhat.com/rhel/purchasing_guide.html
• License cost for VMware vCenter Server Standard is $4995 for license and $1295 per year for production support.
• Support costs for VMware vCenter Server assumes Production Support at 25% of license cost per year.
• All Totals and Support Costs are mathematically rounded. Due to rounding the totals may show minor differences.
• All prices are in US dollars.
• This is not a price quote. To purchase Oracle VM, please contact your Oracle Sales Representative or in North America call 1-800-633-0930.
• Note: In the case of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the higher of the processor pair and virtual guest pair is used to account for situations such as 100 processors with just 2 virtual guests or 1 server with 50 virtual guests.

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