I can confirm the socket/cpu limitation is at least 8, at least on ESXi 3.x. I have an 8 core IBM x445 running on a free license. :-) -- Drew On 12/19/2010, John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com> wrote: > On 12/19/10 8:40 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: >> >> But the ESXi version isn't exactly fair to someone who would deploy on the >> hardware intended. Also, the restriction to 1 CPU isn't built-in - >> there's a >> place where you select the number of CPUs you will use when you are >> registering >> for the free license. I don't know what the actual maximum is, but it is >> at >> least 2 with a fairly large number of cores. > > I'm running the free ESXI on a 4-socket (single core opteron) server, no > problems with the licensing, and I don't recall it asking how many cores > per socket, just how many sockets. > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Sent from my mobile device Drew "Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood." --Marie Curie