Item: VMware vSphere
Rating: 8
Author: Jorge Ortega

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use vSphere in the organization to run all our essential and nonessential virtual machines needed to keep the doors open. vSphere keeps all of our Virtual machines organized and all in one window. It allows us to easily connect and manage all of our virtual machines in one single place.

Pros and Cons

VM Snapshots.
Migrating VMs to other hosts.
Monitoring.

It is always running into problems when updating.
Extra pricing for extra features.
More plug-ins are needed.

Return on Investment

Saved us time on patching.
Migration management.
Saved us time when we replaced servers.

Key Insights

Do you think VMware vSphere delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with VMware vSphere's feature set?

Yes

Did VMware vSphere live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of VMware vSphere go as expected?

Would you buy VMware vSphere again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Cisco Secure Access by Duo, Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services, Dell VxRail

Likelihood to Recommend

vSphere is well suited for environments that run a big amount of virtual machines that need to keep them all in one place. vSphere allows you to monitor a big amount of Virtual machines. It would be less suitable for environments with a small number of virtual machines that could be monitored individually.

VMWare vSphere.

Overall Satisfaction with vSphere