VMware Software Defined Data Center Reviews

The fact that we can troubleshoot is the most valuable feature. We can view the performance reports; we can also quickly build them using the templates and clone. The clone portion of it has a lot of things.

We were able to scale down in the data center, we were able to scale down with the physical boxes to VMs. It also released space because we actually have the data center offsite that we spend money on such as power, etc. We were scaling down on the hardware, so using VMware has really improved in cutting back/ decreasing the cost of hardware.

I would like to see the vSphere Client to have more options as opposed to the web client. I don't like using the web client and HTML. I don't like using that.

Stability is great.

Scalability is also good.

Technical support for VMware is excellent. We always seem to reach the right person, they are quite knowledgeable.

We were looking for ways to improve our environment and how we could reduce in the hardware environment and then, still have the same support that we needed for our users. That is how we decided to go for this solution.
Support factor is big for me while choosing a vendor. However, for the CEO or the director, it would be the cost.

The setup was pretty much straightforward. However, they did not send an in-house team.

It's a great product. I like it and we've been using it for years. Once you get the hang of it, you will enjoy it. It's fun to learn.

Do your homework. Make sure that it's going to work for your environment. We were trying to decrease our hardware and were finding the easy way to do so. Thus, it just depends on what it is that you are looking to do in your environment and what is the best option to choose. Once you do your research, you can talk to people who have already implemented it and go from there.

Automation. Using features like NSX. You can automatically create new networks, simplifies the process greatly.

I think it's less user intensive to set up new bits of the network now that we are using SDDC net features.

I hadn't given that much thought. A lower price. It's a fairly polished solution, but there are some things that are a bit clunky still.

Two years.

Seems stable so far, we've been using it for a couple of years. We have had problems, but that's probably more down to the user than the products.

It scales very easily. You can just add more racks of compute and expand sideways mostly.

We have used VMware support for this solution on occasion. Some people you speak to are very helpful. Others, not so much. They give you the run around. You speak to somebody to start with, they log your ticket, then they pass the details onto somebody else and then they'll eventually call you when they're free. If you're lucky enough to get through to somebody competent, then they are brilliant, but there have been times that they have not been particularly helpful.

No. You're always creating, to try to simplify and automate things to make it less user intensive, to make changes to the network.

We've used VMware for a long time now and had quite a bit of confidence in their products so that contributed towards the reason we chose VMware.

I was involved from the start to the finish. I suppose it was complex because cause it's a different way of working to what we're used to, but now that we've migrated, we're happy with our choice.

We had some help from a solutions architect with them, but mostly it was off our own back.

We looked at some Cisco products.

Sit down and work out what you want to do before you actually try and move your move to SDDC.

My company is an integrator and we provide solutions such as VMware Software Defined Data Center for our customers.

Our customers use this solution to implement their own data centers using virtualization. It can be deployed on-premises or in the cloud. They deploy their network virtualization, cloud management, and then the provisioning is done automatically.

The documentation is very good.

The interface should be improved because when there are many alarms, it is difficult to figure out what the error is.

I have had a lot of trouble implementing automation in cloud-based deployments. The problem lies in the third-party integration.

It would be very valuable if they offered shareable data center designs.

The technical support is very good. There are three levels of support and they have helped me with special cases or issues.

Setting up this solution requires running a script and it configures the hardware.

It takes approximately one month to deploy to a private cloud.

This is a good solution that can do many things.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

The virtual networking and being able to make changes on the fly without having to deal with physical cabling. Easy to use, easy to connect. It seems to be more simple than some of the other products out there.

Reduced cost of manpower for running cabling, ability to put a lot more extra infrastructure and smaller form factors and less power.

Possibly iBGP. It is just not clear to me yet. I have had some talks with folks who are helping networks internally. But, my understanding is no one supports eBGP.

So far, pretty good. I think it's getting better.

The company told me to. We have been using it ever since I've been here.

You should really investigate VMware.

I use this in an enterprise and as a service provider for the banking industry in Paraguay.

The most valuable feature is the strong support. Also, the H-Appliance feature that supports MPLS is very important to us.

The storage utilization needs to be improved. It is not a perfect product. It needs to be more secure and it needs more aesthetics. 

It is very scalable. 

The tech support team has a lot of practical experience. 

We looked at other solutions, but we found this to be the strongest solution. The other products in the same category include Amazon, Azure, and Google, but they do not have the same features and the same "open solution" policy.

The setup was complex. You need to be knowledgeable in using a physical data center in order to implement this solution.