Item: VMware vSphere
Rating: 8
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use it to virtualize our servers and applications. We are about 60% virtualized hoping for about 75% and only leave the things that actually need its very own hardware to run correctly. We use it in IT to provide services to the other departments and the university as a whole.

Pros and Cons

Vmotion.
Easy of use.

UI is terrible.
Fully featured HTML client.

Return on Investment

It has made my life easier to manage systems.
Makes the server teams more efficient.

Alternatives Considered

Veeam Backup & Replication

It is the best for the value and the main other option is Hyper V.

Other Software Used

HPE Nimble Storage, Aruba Networks Wireless, Veeam Backup & Replication

Likelihood to Recommend

Generally, if you are still virtualizing servers and not using containers for your needs, this product will work well. We still have legacy applications that need traditional OS's to run correctly. With our environment, we will never move to containers as we are largely stable from a development lifecycle. Vmware does a good job migrating servers between host and back for easy maintenance.

vSphere gets the job done.

Overall Satisfaction with vSphere