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HPE Eucalyptus [EOL] vs VMware vSphere comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

HPE Eucalyptus [EOL]
Average Rating
7.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
VMware vSphere
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
457
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Server Virtualization Software (1st)
 

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HW
Good interface, and an easy initial setup with good community support on the free version
The customization should be improved. We should be able to diversify the machine for AWS. When we get involved with that right now, it becomes very bad. Some areas of configuration didn't work for us. The solution should offer more speed and should be able to stabilize the database environment. We've tried to do this, but it hasn't been solid. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. If we want to do an interceptor, what we need is a really high level of TT programming or a specific configuration to be able to scale it out. It works to some extent, but it's not strong. When it does not implement in our center we have to go and manually fix it. The solution should be able to better scale the number of users, especially when you're using the cloud. The solution should extend better into the Microsoft community and companies should be able to run it on Azure Cloud.
Neeraj Mehra - PeerSpot reviewer
Streamlines virtualization and has features like high availability and vMotion
The primary use case is for virtualization, including the implementation of vSphere, vCloud Foundation, vCloud Director, and cloud automation with vSphere My customers, particularly SMBs, mainly utilize High Availability (HA), DRS, and vMotion features. The vMotion feature is beneficial for…

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Pros

"The most valuable aspect of the solution is the interface on the console."
"We don't have any downtime because it was built right."
"The most valuable feature of vSphere is its modularity. I also like the maturity updates. It's available everywhere and almost all the data centers are using it."
"The solution is user-friendly. It is easy to convert, create, and manage systems."
"Vmware vSphere is the benchmark of the visualization market."
"It is easy to use."
"Provides good backup to our servers."
"Some of the most valuable features are: the ability to Snapshot so that when we do updates we have a layer of protection for simplified rollback; the replication that we can leverage for data center failures and data center downtime; the ease of migrating workloads from physical device to physical device for maintenance that we have to do on physical servers."
"It is easy to maintain our data machines and take snapshots with the solution."
 

Cons

"The customization should be improved."
"I met with the lead solutions architect for vSphere, and one of the things that I really kind of sat him down on was, "What's the deal between these Custom Attributes and these Tags? What are you trying to do with that?" He said, "So here's the deal. I know that they're halfway done and we have a vision of where they're all going, but we'll get it there." That that would be a great ability, to keep all that metadata about your virtual machines inside the solution and staying with the machines."
"Generally, the user interface needs to be improved for non-technical people."
"Sometimes, we need valid certificates for VMware, however, we are unable to add the certificates."
"On the older version of VMware vSphere, possibly version four, we had a feature that allowed us to backup Ziploc machines. It has not been available in the newer version such as six or seven. I have been looking for another solution to accomplish the backups but they should bring back this plugin-type tool to allow older backup capabilities."
"The one area where I would love to see an improvement is the HTML5 client. It's great, but it could get better."
"VMware has amped up how frequently they release new versions and that adds instability to a stable environment."
"The solution could be cheaper and less expensive."
"We would like to see the container-based operating system launched soon for this solution."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The pricing could be improved."
"The pricing is competitive."
"Its price could be lower. There is the cost of one license, and then there is the subscription cost for support."
"I miss the Enterprise tier. When they went to Enterprise Plus, it increased the price. I was one of the guys that operated well inside the Enterprise tier. I paid a little bit more than standard but I got a lot more features. Enterprise Plus has a lot of things that I'll never use. So when they chopped that tier out, they kneecapped me."
"Pricing can still be improved for this solution."
"The license growth of vSphere depends on the growth of the visual environment and the addition of more hosts."
"The price could improve for the enterprise versions."
"There is an annual cost for the use of this solution. The price is a little high in developing countries. If they were able to reduce the price they would receive more customers now and even more in the future."
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Comparison Review

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May 10, 2015
Hyper-V 2012 R2 vs. VMware vSphere 5.5
I was won with Hyper-V 2012R2 recently and the table below based on customer RFP (edited). This articles all about technical, there is not related with TCO/ROI, licensing cost, “political”, etc. Another to noted is the Windows Server 2012 licenses is based on 2 socket CPU, meanwhile…
 

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Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
7%
 

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Midsize Enterprise137
Large Enterprise256
 

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