Broadcom's VMware cut thousands of resellers and pushed pricier bundles. Now it sells cheaper small-server software through distributors.
The product, vSphere Express, runs on up to 128 processor cores and can move running virtual machines between servers, The Register reported on 4 November.
"We have been listening to the market at the low end," said Prashanth Shenoy, a product marketing vice president at Broadcom's VMware unit.
Asked for the price, a spokesperson said it will be a per-core subscription "significantly lower" than VMware's bigger bundles, but gave no dollar amount.
There is a second gap. Since Broadcom bought VMware, it has cut its reseller network so far that it no longer has partners suited to this product, The Register reported. vSphere Express will be sold through distributors instead.
For customers on vSphere Standard, the cost of moving to Express stays unknown until a distributor quotes it.
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