VMware ESXi Reviews

Our primary use case for VMware ESXi is hosting VMs in a live environment for development and other servers. The solution is deployed on-premises.

VMware ESXi is very scalable and helpful for our business. It allows us to implement multiple servers on a single machine and utilize hardware resources efficiently.

The product is very reliable. People prefer VMware because it does not work on networks. It works on FC. It checks the availability of all the hosts using the logical unit number. That is why we recommend the solution to the customers. If the network or module restarts or the cable is disconnected from the host, it does not impact VMware.

VMware is very costly.

I have done multiple projects with ESXi. These include projects for organizations like Bank Islami, UPL Funds, AGP, Aligore and Co, IGI Insurance, IJLife, TPL Tracker, TPL Properties, TPL Insurance, and Edith University. My customers primarily operate in the insurance, medical, and banking sectors.

ESXi is a virtualization platform that allows multiple applications to run on the same physical hardware, reducing costs significantly by transforming physical servers into virtual environments. It is known for its stability and reliability, allowing seamless task execution by running directly on the hardware processor. 

Additionally, ESXi's integration with VMware vCenter offers centralized management. Features like high availability ensure VM migration to another host in case of host failure.

We are a partner and reseller of Hitachi and VMware. We offer support to existing customers who have already deployed VMware solutions. Our primary focus includes data center virtualization.

ESXi stands out for its simplicity in setup, management, and monitoring. Its deployment is straightforward, and no other solutions compare to VMware hypervisor in terms of these features. 

As a level one or bare metal hypervisor, its unmatched scalability depends on underlying hardware, capable of managing large numbers of physical servers with one management platform.

We used it to run production and development workloads. It is quite a stable product in comparison to alternatives like Hyper-V.

The best advantage is that it reduces the footprint in your data center. By utilizing virtualization and a highly optimized hypervisor, you can run more workloads and reduce the physical space needed in your data center.

We haven't encountered any limitations because we already have a vSphere license. When running VMs, people don't request excessive configurations. We haven't reached any limits regarding storage or memory, as customers don't demand such high-end services.

Primarily, it's a mature and stable solution compared to other hypervisors. Price-wise, it was okay until Broadcom took over. But customers are looking for stability, and it simply works.

The ease of use would be the first feature I like, then reliability. It's stable. It probably goes down, like, once in a very long time. So, in terms of the user experience, reliability, and stability, those would be my key takeaways.

A lot of AI features have been brought with version eight. Version seven didn't really have the AI integrations, so it's still an area we are assessing and testing, probably for the next year or so.

In our company, we use the solution for visualization for the servers to consolidate all the physical servers into virtualized machines.

Most of our organization's in-house developed applications reside within VMware ESXi. 

The solution brings monetary savings for our company because we use a single server, which is usually converted from ten physical servers. 

For instance, I can connect any Linux server to any host and then implement migration without affecting the server's user experience. When I migrate the virtual machine to another host, it takes only a few minutes while the VM is still running; shutting down is unnecessary.