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Cyber Security Technical Engineer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Reliable, overall flexible, and user friendly
Pros and Cons
- "During our experience, the solution has been stable."
- "Their licensing model should make it easier to purchase licenses."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
I have found some of the major features of this solution to be its ease of use, flexibility, and reliability.
What needs improvement?
Their licensing model should make it easier to purchase licenses.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for a couple of weeks.
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What do I think about the stability of the solution?
During our experience, the solution has been stable.
How are customer service and support?
We have not had issues with the technical support. However, it could be a bit faster.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
There is a license required for this solution, we pay annually.
What other advice do I have?
I recommend this solution to others.
I rate VMware NSX an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
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System Engineer at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
The microsegmentation is a good feature. The first time setting up the product was difficult.
Pros and Cons
- "The microsegmentation is a good feature. You can segment details, products, or hardware information."
- "The first time setting it up was difficult."
What is our primary use case?
Our primary use case is to change from Cisco.
What is most valuable?
- It is scalable.
- The microsegmentation is a good feature. You can segment details, products, or hardware information.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is scalable.
How is customer service and technical support?
We haven't used technical support.
How was the initial setup?
The first time setting it up was difficult. After a couple of installations, it should get easier.
What about the implementation team?
We set it up with a partner.
What other advice do I have?
NSX is a good product.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Engineer at DataLine - лучшая команда виртуализации VMware 2015
VPN, PCM, and L7 balancing are key for our customers
Pros and Cons
- "NSX can reduce costs and has good service. It is easy for you and your users to use."
- "The scalability is not perfect."
- "I would rate this product an eight because it's a good product but it needs more work. They should fix some of the bugs."
What is our primary use case?
Our customers need load balance and firewalls with advanced NSX. They are really happy to use NSX.
How has it helped my organization?
It's free for our customers. It benefits them in that way and it benefits us because it makes our customers happy.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable features would be VPN and PCM.
I use L7 balancing. I can use it for two tethers and I can see the source IP. I can split for monitoring for me and my analyst.
What needs improvement?
I would like to see extended performance charts in other versions of NSX. For example, CPU usage, memory usage, and bandwidth usage on NSX.
I would rate this product an eight because it's a good product but it needs more work. They should fix some of the bugs.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
NSX is very stable. I don't remember when I have ever had any trouble with NSX. It's been a great process.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability is not perfect.
How is customer service and technical support?
We use technical support but not for NSX. We don't have any trouble from NSX and we, therefore, don't need technical support.
How was the initial setup?
I found the initial setup to be complex.
What other advice do I have?
NSX can reduce costs and has good service. It is easy for you and your users to use.
We have integrated this solution with vCloud Director. Without NSX you can't deploy the cloud.
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VMware NSX Specialist at Tivit
It provides visibility, because on our environment, it's impossible mapping end to end
What is our primary use case?
- Deployment
- Planning and designing
- Troubleshooting sustain.
How has it helped my organization?
- Faster delivery of VMs
- Providing NAT
- Firewall rules
- Balance
- Connectivity between physical and virtual environments.
What is most valuable?
Visibility, because on our environment, it's impossible mapping end to end, and we don't have any tools that provide this integration.
What needs improvement?
- vRNI
- Improve integration with many third-party solutions, because only Palo Alto and Check Point, and VMware would be like improve this integration with other vendors.
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Dept. Manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Prolonged hardware refresh and cloud infrastructure gives us many advantages
Pros and Cons
- "Their technical support is very good. They help us figure out solutions when we have problems."
- "The initial establishment can be complex."
What is our primary use case?
We use this solution in our private clouds networking environment. We have some subsidiaries that we service and are trying to isolate each of them in this network.
How has it helped my organization?
It has helped us prolong our hardware research. We haven't had to change hardware in five years.
What is most valuable?
Security and cloud readiness are the most valuable features for us. We're interested in looking into microsegmentation.
What needs improvement?
I would like to see some more add-ons on the security features.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It's very stable and robust. We haven't had any issues with it.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Scalability is a great feature.
How is customer service and technical support?
Their technical support is very good. They help us figure out solutions when we have problems.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was straightforward.
What about the implementation team?
We integrated in-house.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate this solution a nine because we maximize most of its features. We have many advantages with the cloud infrastructure. I would tell someone looking into this solution to go for it. At first, it may seem to be complex but using it will make it easier to manage jobs. Yes, its initial establishment can be complex but you will see its advantages later on.
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