VMWare ESXi Brings Stability
December 17, 2019
VMWare ESXi Brings Stability
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with VMware ESXi
We use VMWare ESXi standard edition as bare-metal Hypervisor hosts on our physical servers. We have virtualized all our servers on VMWare ESXi and do not have any physical servers, aside from the ESXi hosts. The guests are a mixture of Linux and Windows and with the guest addons agent installed, management and data sharing between ESXi and guest OS is seamless.
- Management console is comprehensive.
- Easy to spot resource intensive machines, resource bottleneck.
- Advanced features are cryptic and require external explanations to decipher.
- Disk management features to reduce virtual drives is not present.
- Moved disparate hardware physical servers to VMs on standardized hosts.
- Utilized snapshots to facilitate easier rollback for patch management.
We used Oracle VM VirtualBox for sandbox and local testing. It is not a HyperVisor, but a virtualization platform. It requires a Host OS to install on. When we implemented VMWare ESXi, the cost of Citrix Hypervisor was more, and Hyper-V was still in its infancy. Ultimately the support and stability of VMWare ESXi won out. If deploying Microsoft guest OS(s), it is worth reviewing Hyper-V as you would not have to worry about licensing a portion of the Guest OS(s), vs. the others which would require a license for each guest OS, plus the Hypervisor license costs. Note - Versions of ESXi are compatible with specific processors and chipsets. Confirm your licensed version will run on the chosen hardware platform, especially important when utilizing older hardware. Security issues can arise if left unpatched.
Do you think VMware ESXi delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with VMware ESXi's feature set?
Yes
Did VMware ESXi live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of VMware ESXi go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy VMware ESXi again?
Yes