ESXi is even for small business
January 15, 2020
ESXi is even for small business
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with VMware ESXi
ESXi is currently being used as an integral part of our server farm for hosting Windows and Linux server virtual machines. These servers host applications and services across our organization. We also use it for hosting our virtual desktop environment. This has improved our scalability, server provisioning issues, real estate, and heating/cooling challenges. We are also now able to utilize thin client hardware, saving CAPEX.
- Resource scheduling
- Storage efficiency
- Cost
- Configuration complexity
- More efficient use of IT room space.
- Less but more efficient cooling needed.
We have heavily invested in VMware now. 10 years ago we considered HyperV, but at the time they had no vMotion. We tested Server 2005 virtual server, but the network performance was very poor. VMware also is constantly an innovator and the one that we used recently to great effect was Storage vMotion when migrating to a new network storage.
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