vSphere 5 vs vSphere 6 Difference between both versions

 This article will guide you with the difference between the vSphere 5 vs vSphere 6 (ESXi 6 Installation Guide ). ESXi 6.0 is enhanced with new features such as (vVols) Virtual Volume creations. NFS Version 4.1 Support. So many new features are included lets see few of them in below table.

vSphere 5 Vs vSphere 6

	vSphere 6.0	vSphere 5.5
VM memory per VM	4TB	1 TB
virtualvolumes(Vvols)	Yes	N/A
VM HarwareW version	virtual hardware 11	VM HW10
NFS Version support	NFS 4.1	NFS 3.0
vCenter single-sing-on	SSO included as part of platform services controller	SSO with improved architecture
VSAN	VSAN 6.0	VSAN 5.5
vCPU	128 vCPU’s	64 CPU’s
Max CPU per Host	480	320
Max Mem per Host	12 TB	4TB
Max vCPU per FT vm	4 vCPU	1 CPU
Cluster nodes	64 nodes	32 nodes
VM’s per cluster	8,000	4,000
Graphical support	WDDM 1.1 GDI graphics acceleration	improved 3D graphics support
vCSA with embedded DB	1000 hosts and 10000 VM’s	300 hosts and 1,000 vM’s
content library	vSphere 6.0	NA
Management	vSphere web client , vSphere clinet	vSphere web client , vSphere client
vCenter type	windows, Linux (vCSA)	windows, Linux (vCSA)