VMware ESXi to the rescue!
March 22, 2022
VMware ESXi to the rescue!
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with VMware ESXi
We use VMware ESXi as our primary hypervisor platform for two separate environments with a combined total of approx 300 virtual machines split over two datacentres. For our main production environment, we have an HA cluster spread over both DC's with replicated storage supported the VMs. This works perfectly for us as we have the ability for full failover if needed and VMware takes a lot of the issues away by handling all the failover of virtual machines to other hosts etc.
- HA Failover
- SAN Management
- Cluster Resource Management
- iSCSI Storage connectivity
- Update Management
- Host Management
- Positive for management and support of IT infrastructure.
- Maximising available computing power -IE, Microsoft's hypervisor run's on top of Windows which uses a lot of computing power.
- With vCenter being able to manage everything in one place, less trained users are needed to manage large numbers of ESXi hosts and SAN's etc.
The main issue I found with Hyper-V is that it has to run on top of Microsoft Windows. This obviously uses a considerable amount of resources, even without "Desktop mode". With ESXi running on a linux based OS, this allows the maximisation of the available resources and a much smaller installation footprint on the hosts.
I also found that even with the fully-licensed version of Hyper-V, the features available are not comparible to VMware's feature-set.
I also found that even with the fully-licensed version of Hyper-V, the features available are not comparible to VMware's feature-set.
Do you think VMware ESXi delivers good value for the price?
Not sure
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