Key benefits of vSphere vs.

XenServer

• Smaller footprint. vSphere is about 70 MB vs. XenServer at 1.8 GB

• RAM over-commitment
• Transparent page sharing
• Memory Ballooning
• Supports up to 255 GB of Ram Xen up to 128 GB
• Power Management
• Outbound Traffic Shaper
• IPv6 support
• vNetwork – Aggregate virtual networking across many hosts
• Network vMotion
• Hot extend of virtual disks.
• Per machine QoS Analysis
• Fault Tolerance – Allows for creation of “Shadow” machines
• Topology Maps
• Management via web access
• Fine grain security permissions

Annual Costs
$150,000.00

$100,000.00
vSphere
$50,000.00
XenServer
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Total Investment Over Time

$160,000.00
$140,000.00
$120,000.00
$100,000.00
$80,000.00 vSphere
$60,000.00 XenServer
$40,000.00
$20,000.00
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Cost of vSphere

Item Qty Ext. Price

VMware vSphere Midsize Acceleration Kit for 6 processors (includes vCenter Standard) 1 $ 15,106.00

VMCO-1 Yr Platinum SnS VM Midsize Acceleration Kit 1 $ 4,449.00

VMCO-VM vSphere 4 Ent for 1 processor 6 $ 11,505.00

VMCO-1 Yr Platinum SnS for VM vSphere Ent for 1 processor 6 $ 3,366.00

SnapManager for VMWare 2 $ 9,000.00

NFS License for NetApp 2 $ 20,000.00

Dell R710 - 48GB (12x4) 1066 Mhz - 2 E5540 Xeon 2.53 Ghz 8 Mb Cache Quad Core 6 $ 41,500.00

Total VM Ware Costs - NRC $ 35,611.00

Total VM Ware Costs - Annual $ 7,815.00

Total Cost of Hardware $ 41,500.00

Total Cost of NetApp Upgrades $ 20,000.00

Grand Total $ 104,926.00

Expansion Costs

Dell R710 - 48GB (12x4) 1066 Mhz - 2 E5540 Xeon 2.53 Ghz 8 Mb Cache Quad Core 1 $ 6,916.67

VMCO-VM vSphere 4 Ent for 1 processor 2 $ 3,835.00

VMCO-1 Yr Platinum SnS for VM vSphere Ent for 1 processor 2 $ 1,122.00

Non Recourring $ 10,751.67

Annual $ 1,122.00

Grand Total for Expansion $ 11,873.67

Cost of XenServer

Item Qty Ext. Price

Citrix XenServer Enterprise Edition Subscription Advantage Per Server Up to 4 CPU 6 $ 12,870.00

Annual Support 8am - 5pm M-F Non-Holiday 1 $ 14,040.00

NFS License for NetApp 2 $ 20,000.00

Dell R710 - 48GB (12x4) 1066 Mhz - 2 E5540 Xeon 2.53 Ghz 8 Mb Cache Quad Core 6 $ 41,500.00

Total VM Ware Costs - NRC $ 12,870.00

Total VM Ware Costs - Annual $ 14,040.00

Total Cost of Hardware $ 41,500.00

Total Cost of NetApp Upgrades $ 20,000.00

Grand Total $ 88,410.00

Expansion Costs

Dell R710 - 48GB (12x4) 1066 Mhz - 2 E5540 Xeon 2.53 Ghz 8 Mb Cache Quad Core 1 $ 6,916.67

Citrix XenServer Enterprise Edition Subscription Advantage Per Server Up to 4 CPU 1 $ 2,145.00

Non Recourring $ 9,061.67

Annual $ -

Grand Total for Expansion $ 9,061.67

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