Spec
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
Licensed by
CPU Core
CPU Core
CPU Core
CPU Core
Maximum Number of Hosts
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
64
Compute Services
Hypervisor Support
AVE, vSphere
AVE, vSphere
AVE, vSphere
vSphere
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
✓
Storage Services
Maximum Raw Capacity per Server Node
80 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
Available for purchase
(Licensed by VM)
Available for purchase
(Licensed by VM)
✓
Async Replication
Available for purchase
(Licensed by VM)
Available for purchase
(Licensed by VM)
✓
Active-Active
Available for purchase
(Licensed by CPU Core)
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 Cluster)
✓
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
✓
✓
✓