ESXi fan because it makes my life easier
June 13, 2019
ESXi fan because it makes my life easier

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with VMware ESXi
EXSi is the foundation for all of our virtual machines. Virtualization has allowed us to scale down our physical server count considerably, reducing overhead costs. It allows us flexibility in terms of spinning up new virtual machines and how we manage them with vCenter
Pros
- Makes it incredibly easy to deploy new virtual machines.
- Works well with our SAN and our backup software integrates nicely with ESXi.
- Their support has been helpful when I've needed it.
Cons
- We are on version 6.0 and it has some Flash problem with browsers. We could not manage vCenter after a Flash update in google and had to use the thick client.
- It would be nice if it was easier to update. They have gotten better with subsequent releases but it's not great with 6.0.
- It's not cheap compared to Hyper-V
- Lowered or electric bill by having fewer physical servers.
- Lowered cost of overtime for engineers as it has streamlined and simplified management of VMs.
- If you have a need to grow quickly and you start out with 'essentials' it's going to cost quite a bit to upgrade to the next level license.
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