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VMware Cloud Foundation on IBM Cloud

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What is VMware Cloud Foundation on IBM Cloud?

VMware Cloud Foundation on IBM Cloud brings together VMware vSphere, vSAN, and NSX into a natively-integrated stack of virtual compute, virtual storage, and virtual networking built upon IBM Bluemix bare metal servers.

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Key Features

Learn about the best (and worst!) features VMware Cloud Foundation on IBM Cloud has to offer, as determined by TrustRadius' reviewers.
Based on 8 ratings of VMware Cloud Foundation on IBM Cloud's features
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Top Performing Features

  • Virtual machine automated provisioning

    Automation of virtual machine provisioning through use of vm templates

    Category average: 7.6

  • Management console

    Management console for central administration of vm environment

    Category average: 7.9

  • Live virtual machine backup

    Ability to backup vms without interrupting service

    Category average: 7.7

Areas for Improvement

  • Live virtual machine migration

    Downtime minimization by migrating live vms between hosts and across clusters

    Category average: 7.8

  • Hypervisor-level security

    Hypervisor-level security including antivirus and anti-malware

    Category average: 8.2

Reviews

What users are saying about VMware Cloud Foundation on IBM Cloud.
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Intuitive Cloud Solution for Great Virtualization and Reliable and Easy Money Saving Solution.

Johnson MartinsView profile
.NET Software Engineer in Information Technology at JFrog (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

VMware Cloud Foundation on IBM Cloud is one of the best Cloud platforms for effective server virtualization, Cloud data management software, and easy on getting familiar with all the functionalities. Its performance is good and its ability to extract data and migrate a large amount of data across other Cloud packages and on reporting its capability can be very useful.

Pros

  • Dashboard understanding is easy.
  • The ability to handle big data.
  • Data extraction tools are very active.

Cons

  • Only setting the advanced functionalities.
  • The basic knowledge can not full manipulate the platform.
  • To create reports for big data is sometime very turf.

Return on Investment

  • Live virtual capability are excellent.
  • Great tool for the huge volume of data management and migration.
  • Data accessibility is faster and the analytical capability is amazing.

Other Software Used

IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions, Azure Virtual Machines, IBM PowerVM