Overall Satisfaction with VMware ESXi
VMware ESXi is being used as the primary platform to host our applications servers. We are currently using 3 hosts in a cluster with roughly 25 Microsoft/Linux VMs. VMware allows us to reduce physical hardware and electrical costs, as well as giving us ease of access to our environment.
- Ease of Access to your virtual environment
- Easy to learn and logical interface
- The support staff are always helpful
- I've not run across anything I've not been able to do yet.
- VMware has allowed us to keep our hardware costs much lower
- It also reduces electrical demands
- Citrix Hypervisor (formerly XenServer) and Hyper-V
I would say VMware is much easier to pick up compared to Citrix or Hyper-V. The interface is straightforward while still giving you the options to dive deep into the configuration if required.