vCloud Director 5.1 Configuration Maximums (2036392)

Details

The limits presented in the following table represent tested, recommended limits for a vCloud Director 5.1 installation (single cell or multi-cell), and they are fully supported by VMware. To scale beyond these numbers, you will need to install an additional instance of vCloud Director 5.1. Please note that you cannot achieve the maximums in all categories at the same time, so make sure to understand how the limits apply to your use cases.

Solution

Category	Maximum
Total Virtual Machines	30,000
Powered-on Virtual Machines	10,000
Total vApps	30,000
Virtual Machines per vApp	128
ESX/i Hosts	2,000
vCenter Servers	25
vCloud Director Cells	10
Total Users	10,000
Concurrent Users	1,500
Logged-in Users	5,000
Total Organizations	10,000
Users per Organization	1,000
vApps per Organization	3,000
Virtual Datacenters (VDCs)	10,000
Resource Pools per VDC	32
Datastores	1,000
Concurrent Virtual Machine Consoles	500
Logical Networks	10,000
vApp Networks	1,000
External Networks	512
Isolated VDC Networks	2,000
Direct VDC Networks	10,000
Routed VDC Networks	2,000
Gateways	1,000
Network Pools	40
Catalogs	10,000
Media	1,000
Independent Disks	1,000
Storage Classes	50
Storage Pods	100