vSphere 6.0- Configuration maximums
| Metric | vSphere 6.0 |
| ESXi Host – Logical CPUs | 480 |
| ESXi Host – NUMA nodes | 16 |
| ESXi Host – Virtual CPUs | 2 048 (Don’t know if the official PDF includes a typo since this was 4 096 in vSphere 5.5) |
| ESXi Host – Virtual CPUs per core | 32 (based on performance required) |
| ESXi Host – RAM | 6-12 TB (12 TB depending on partner) |
| ESXi Host – VMs | 1 024 |
| ESXi Host – FT Protected VMs | 4 VMs or 8 vCPUs (whichever limit is reached first) |
| vCenter Server – ESXi Hosts | 1 000 |
| vCenter Server – ESXi hosts per Datacenter | 500 |
| vCenter Server – Powered on VMs | 10 000 |
| vCenter Server – Registered VMs | 15 000 |
| vCenter Server Content Library – Total items per VC (across all libraries) of vCenter Servers | 200 |
| vCenter Server Content Library – Total number of libraries per VC | 20 |
| vCenter Server Platform Service Controller (PSC) – Maximum PSCs per vSphere Domain | 8 |
| vCenter Server Platform Service Controller (PSC) – Maximum PSCs per site, behind a load balancer | 4 |
| vCenter Server Linked mode – Number of vCenter Servers | 10 |
| vCenter Server Linked mode – Number of ESXi hosts in linked mode vCenter Servers | 4 000 |
| vCenter Server Linked mode – Powered on VMs | 30 000 |
| vCenter Server Linked mode – Registered VMs | 50 000 |
| vSphere Cluster – Max ESXi hosts | 64 |
| vSphere Cluster – Number of VMs | 8 000 (6 000 when using VSAN) |
| vSphere Cluster – Number of Powered On VM configuration files | 2 048 (A FT protected VM counts for 2 VM configuration files) |
| vSphere Cluster – FT protected VMs | 98 |
| vSphere Cluster – FT VM vCPUs | 256 |
| VM – Virtual CPUs | 128 |
| VM – Virtual RAM | 4 TB |
| VM – VMDK size | 62 TB |
| VM – vNICs | 10 |
| VM – SCSI Controllers | 4 |
| VM – SCSI targets | 60 |
| VM – SATA Adapters | 4 |
| VM – SATA devices per SATA adapter | 30 |
| VM – Number of vCPUs for FT protected VM | 4 |
| VM – RAM per FT protected VM | 64 GB |
| VM – Disks per FT protected VM | 16 |
The official VMware vSphere 6.0 configuration maximum PDF can be downloaded here
