Spec
Capability
AECP Essential
HCI Core
Virtualization and Storage
AECP Standard
Standard HCI
Virtualization, Storage and Kubernetes
AECP Advanced
Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure
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AECP VDI Essential
VDI Storage
Maximum Number of Hosts Per Cluster
255
255
255
64
Compute Services
Hypervisor Support
AVE, VMware ESXi
AVE, VMware ESXi
AVE, VMware ESXi
VMware ESXi
HA, DRS
✓
✓
✓
✓
Availability Domains
Rack/Block/Node
Rack/Block/Node
Rack/Block/Node
Rack/Block/Node
VM Centric Storage QoS
✓
✓
✓
✓
vGPU and GPU Pass-through
✓
✓
✓
✓
VM Pin in Performance Layer
✓
✓
✓
✓
Kubernetes Service
—
✓
✓
—
Kubernetes on Bare Metal
—
Available for purchase
Available for purchase
—
Storage Services
Maximum Raw Capacity per Server Node
256 TB
256 TB
256 TB
256 TB
Storage Protocol Support
NFS, iSCSI
NFS, iSCSI
NFS, iSCSI
NFS
File Storage
—
✓
✓
—
Erasure Coding
✓
✓
✓
✓
Encryption at Rest
✓
✓
✓
✓
Data Protection
Backup and Recovery
✓
✓
✓
—
Replication (Async and Sync)
Available for purchase
(Licensed by GLU)
✓
✓
—
Active-Active
—
Available for purchase
(Licensed by CPU Core)
✓
Available for purchase
(Licensed by CPU Core)
Networking and Security
Micro-segmentation
—
Available for purchase
(Licensed by CPU Core)
✓
—
Load Balancing
—
Available for purchase
(Licensed by CPU Core)
✓
—
Virtual Private Cloud
—
—
Available for purchase
(Licensed by CPU Core)
—
Pod-VM Integrated Networking
—
✓
✓
—
Management and Analytics
Single Management Console for All
✓
✓
✓
✓
Multi-cluster Management
✓
✓
✓
✓
Monitoring & Analysis of Cluster Health Status
✓
✓
✓
✓
Network Observability
✓
✓
✓
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HCI Core
Hypervisor & storage integration.
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Compute Services
Virtualization and Kubernetes.
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Storage Services
Distributed block & file storage.
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Data Protection
Backup and disaster recovery.
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Networking and Security
Virtual networking and security.
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Management and Analytics
Operations and observability.
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