Supports up to 4,000 replicated VMs per vCenter instance.
The release of the 8.x branch marked a significant maturity milestone. It was designed to align with the modern vSphere 7.0 and 8.0 architectures. vsphere replication versions
| Version | Release Year | Max VMs per Site | Max Replicated Data per VM | RPO | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 5.1 | 2012 | 500 | 64 GB | 15 minutes | | 5.5 | 2013 | 2,000 | 128 GB | 0 minutes (sync) | | 6.0 | 2015 | 5,000 | 256 GB | 5-15 minutes | | 6.5 | 2016 | 10,000 | 256 GB | 5-15 minutes | | 7.0 | 2020 | 20,000 | 256 GB | 5 minutes | Supports up to 4,000 replicated VMs per vCenter instance
Now primarily bundled with VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) following Broadcom’s licensing changes. 2. vSphere Replication 8.x: Stability and Scale | Version | Release Year | Max VMs
Note: Starting with vSphere 8.0, vSphere Replication is bundled as part of and VMware Cloud Foundation ; standalone appliance versions continue but are numbered in sync with vSphere.