VMware ESXi For The Win!
October 06, 2015
VMware ESXi For The Win!
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Software Version
5.5
Overall Satisfaction with VMware ESXi
We use VMware ESXi as our main virtualization platform. It is managed by our IT department. We have multiple sites tied together using VMware vCenter Server. It helps us manage our entire virtualized environment by providing a streamlined interface through the vSphere client. The amount of time we have spent troubleshooting server issues has declined greatly since we adopted VMware.
- The vSphere client interface is very intuitive to use whether accessed via the web or local client.
- It is easy to perform the initial installation and configuration of ESXi.
- The integrated monitoring functionality makes it easy to monitor the status of the physical server.
- The web interface for vSphere is quite slow.
- Several new features are no longer supported in the locally installed vSphere client.
- If you upgrade a VM to machine version 10 or greater, it is hard to downgrade.
- Decreased lead time required for spinning up new virtual machines.
- Increased visibility into server workloads.
- More efficient use of physical system resources; you can build a VM to be the exact size that you need.
- Virtual Machines boot and reboot much faster than bare metal servers.
- Servers can be backed up more efficiently.