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VMware vSOM (discontinued) vs. Windows Terminal

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
VMware vSOM (discontinued)
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
VSOM from VMware was a solution that delivered vSphere server virtualization, and also added capacity management and performance monitoring features. It is discontinued as of February 2019. Users were migrated to VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus and VMware vRealize Operations Standard.N/A
Windows Terminal
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Windows Terminal is a terminal emulator and command-line front-end for command-line shells like Command Prompt, PowerShell, and bash (via Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)). Its main features include multiple tabs, panes, Unicode and UTF-8 character support, a GPU accelerated text rendering engine, etc.
$0
Pricing
VMware vSOM (discontinued)Windows Terminal
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
VMware vSOM (discontinued)Windows Terminal
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
VMware vSOM (discontinued)Windows Terminal
Server Virtualization
Comparison of Server Virtualization features of Product A and Product B
VMware vSOM (discontinued)
10.0
1 Ratings
22% above category average
Windows Terminal
-
Ratings
Virtual machine automated provisioning10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Management console10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Live virtual machine migration10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Hypervisor-level security10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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VMware vSOM (discontinued)
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Score 10.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
VMware vSOM (discontinued)Windows Terminal
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
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10.0
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User Testimonials
VMware vSOM (discontinued)Windows Terminal
Likelihood to Recommend
Discontinued Products
Vsphere Operation Management is suitable for automating the process of bringing up an alternate data center in case of a disaster. It also is a great way for testing your readiness of disaster. You have the ability to bring up a server in a "bubble" for testing. This way you can show your admins how the failover process will work.
Kurt Pritchett | TrustRadius Reviewer
Kurt Pritchett
Senior System Engineer
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Open Source
Every person in Cybersecurity uses Linux and most are adapted to use VMWare or VirtualBox, however Terminal does everything I need it to do without needing those apps
Jeffrey Lange | TrustRadius Reviewer
Jeffrey Lange
Cybersecurity Analyst
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Pros
Discontinued Products
  • The best thing about VSOM is that it's built into VCenter so you only have one point of administration
  • VSOM does a great job of making applications intuitive
  • Re-IPing virtual machines are a must and VSOM does a great job of making this a simple process
Kurt Pritchett | TrustRadius Reviewer
Kurt Pritchett
Senior System Engineer
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Open Source
  • WSL
  • Linux Servers
  • Cybersecurity
Jeffrey Lange | TrustRadius Reviewer
Jeffrey Lange
Cybersecurity Analyst
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Cons
Discontinued Products
  • The installation of VSOM is very tedious
  • It uses an MS SQL database
  • It should be able to adjust for hardware modifications in VCenter
Kurt Pritchett | TrustRadius Reviewer
Kurt Pritchett
Senior System Engineer
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Open Source
  • At this time I do not have anything for them to improve on
Jeffrey Lange | TrustRadius Reviewer
Jeffrey Lange
Cybersecurity Analyst
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Usability
Discontinued Products
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Open Source
Terminal's settings can be tweaked by a JSON file. This allows quick and instant changes, this program is light weight. The ability for it to add tabs for the different sessions and distributions you are working on is amazing.
Jeffrey Lange | TrustRadius Reviewer
Jeffrey Lange
Cybersecurity Analyst
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Alternatives Considered
Discontinued Products
vSphere with Operations Management has a much better way of automating the re-IPing of servers so you can stand them up in a different environment or location. You do, however, need another way of replicating your servers to your DR site, VSOM will not do that. We used EMC Recover Point for replication.
Kurt Pritchett | TrustRadius Reviewer
Kurt Pritchett
Senior System Engineer
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Open Source
You can add distributions on Terminal like Ubuntu and kali-linux to achieve the same things you would install kali linux on a virtual machine platform like vmware or virtualbox. Terminal is light weight and easy to use
Jeffrey Lange | TrustRadius Reviewer
Jeffrey Lange
Cybersecurity Analyst
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Return on Investment
Discontinued Products
  • In the case of a disaster, the ROI would be substantial.
  • The license for VSOM is pretty expensive initially.
  • Support for VSOM is terrific.
Kurt Pritchett | TrustRadius Reviewer
Kurt Pritchett
Senior System Engineer
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Open Source
  • Terminal is free to use
  • It replaces the use of VMWare
  • It replaces the use of VirtualBox
Jeffrey Lange | TrustRadius Reviewer
Jeffrey Lange
Cybersecurity Analyst
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