Features and configurations supported with different license types
In the following table, you can see the overview of features that are controlled via licensing.
| License feature | Description | License: Portworx CSI for FlashArray and FlashBlade | License: Portworx Enterprise | License: Portworx for Modern Virtualization |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of nodes maximum | Defines the maximum number of nodes in a cluster | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 |
| Number of volumes per cluster maximum | Defines max number of volumes on a single node | 100000 Direct Access volumes | 100000 | 100000 |
| Provide storage for container workloads | Provision volumes for containers | yes | yes | no |
| Provide storage for virtual machine workloads | Provision volumes for virtual machines | yes | yes | yes |
| Live migration for virtual machine workloads | Migrate your virtual machines from one node to another node without any disruptions | yes | yes | yes |
| Volume capacity [TiB] maximum | Defines max size of a single volume | 40 TiB | 40 TiB | 40 TiB |
| Node disk capacity [TiB] maximum | Defines max storage capacity of a single node | 256 TiB | 256 TiB | 256 TiB |
| Node disk capacity extension | Defines if the storage capacity can be extended | no1 | yes | yes |
| Number of snapshots per volume maximum | Number of volume snapshots allowed per single volume | no1 | 64 | 64 |
| Number of attached volumes per node maximum | Number of attached volumes on a single node | 128 | 256 | 256 |
| Storage aggregation | Defines if volumes may be aggregated across multiple nodes | no | yes | yes |
| Shared volumes (RWX) | Defines if volumes may be shared w/ other nodes | yes | yes (RWX File only) | yes (RWX File only) |
| BYOK data encryption | Bring your own key" for data encryption | no1 | Per volume and per cluster | Per volume and per cluster |
| Limit BYOK encryption to cluster-wide secrets | Limits the use of data-encryption keys to only a cluster-wide secrets | limited | unlimited | unlimited |
| Resize volumes on demand | Defines if volumes can be resized | yes | yes | yes |
| Snapshot to object store [CloudSnap] | Defines if cloud-snapshots can be used (for example, volume snapshot to Amazon S3 service) | no1 | yes | yes |
| Number of CloudSnaps daily per volume maximum | Limits how many cloud-snapshots can customers do (per volume, in a day) | no1 | unlimited | unlimited |
| Cluster-level migration [Kube-motion/Data Migration] | Defines if the Data Migration can be used, see Data Migration | no | yes | yes |
| Disaster Recovery [PX-DR] | Enables synchronous and asynchronous DR features (requires 2.1 version or later, needs additional license) | no | (AddOn required) | yes |
| Autopilot Capacity Management | Defines if Autopilot can be used | no | yes | yes |
| OIDC Security | Defines if PX-Security can be used, see PX-Security on an existing cluster | no | yes | yes |
| Bare-metal hosts | Software may be deployed on commodity hardware | yes | yes | yes |
| Virtual machine hosts | Software may be deployed on VMs (including Amazon EC2, OpenStack Nova) | yes | yes | no |
Trial License
The trial license is activated automatically when the Portworx Enterprise license is installed and provides the full product functionality for 30 days.
DESCRIPTION ENABLEMENT ADDITIONAL INFO
Number of nodes maximum 1000
Number of volumes maximum 1024
Volume capacity [TB] maximum 40
Storage aggregation yes
Shared volumes yes
Volume sets yes
BYOK data encryption yes
Resize volumes on demand yes
Snapshot to object store yes
Bare-metal hosts yes
Virtual machine hosts yes
Product SKU Trial expires in 6 days, 20:40
Trial license expiration
After the trial period expires, you cannot create new volumes or volume snapshots. You can restore normal functionality by purchasing and installing a Portworx Enterprise license.