VMware vSphere Foundation and VMware Cloud Foundation version 9
Today we were talking about licensing and feature differences between VMware vSphere Foundation and VMware Cloud Foundation
VMware Cloud Foundation
A unified private cloud platform that combines the scale
and agility of public cloud with security and performance of on-premises
infrastructure, delivering increased productivity and lower Total Cost of
Ownership (TCO).
· VMware Cloud Foundation is a full-stack
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platform that delivers software-defined
compute, storage, networking, security, and management.
· Integrated automation enables a self-service
platform to rapidly deploy VMs/containers for developer agility.
· Hardened platform offering built-in resilience,
scaling, and clustering for non-stop operations.
· Provides cloud agility to scale infrastructure
without scaling staff, delivering cloud consumption on-premises.
· Provides automation and orchestration to
simplify Day 0, Day 1, and Day 2 tasks.
· Available as a single SKU to simplify full
stack deployment
VMware vSphere Foundation
An enterprise-grade workload platform for modern
infrastructure delivering virtualized benefits, simplified management, cost
efficiency, scalability and serves as the core foundation for VMware Cloud
Foundation.
· Unified workload platform for running VMs and
containers side by side with a native Kubernetes runtime.
· Intelligent operations management delivers
enhanced visibility and infrastructure optimization.
· Hyperconverged infrastructure integrates
compute and storage virtualization for efficient resource management.
· Simplified deployment and scalability with a
single SKU, enabling faster application delivery and future ready
infrastructure
However, there is much more to these products, the one you
select will be based on your needs, and thankfully VMware have produced a guide
that not only talks about feature comparisons, but also talks about the
available upgrade paths from previous products to VCF 9.0
To obtain this guide visit
vmware-cloud-foundation-9-0-feature-comparison-and-upgrade-paths
