VMware vSphere Reviews

We use this solution for Datacenter consolidation and it is the infrastructure of our servers.

The interface is good.

It is easy to configure.

I would like to see VDP and other features included to back up the VMs in a native manner.

I have been using VMware vSphere for ten years.

We are working with VMware vSphere 6.5.

VMware vSphere is stable enough, but we have some issues with the storage vendor.

It's a scalable solution. We don't have any issues with the scalability of VMware vSphere.

We have 5,000 users in our organization.

Before we consider increasing the usage, we have to consolidate Windows Datacenter by applying an HCI infrastructure.

Technical support is good.

I am a customer of Dell Technologies as well as VMware.

Other products we work with are VDI, VMware Horizon Server, and vSphere with Operations Management.

I have been using Horizon for eight years. We are using version 7.

It has 100 user licenses, that are deployed on-premises.

I feel that Horizon is more flexible in increasing the number of desktop and network profiles.

I would rate Horizon a seven out of ten.

There are ways to implement VDI in the organization other than the VMware Horizon.

In most cases, the initial setup is simple.

It took two months to deploy this solution.

We have a team of two or three to deploy this solution.

We had help from resellers.

We don't have an active subscription. We have a prepaid or permanent license.

We have been researching vSAN and hyper-converged features.

I would rate VMware vSphere an eight out of ten.

I use VMware vSphere as a regular VM for different workloads and different configurations.

I like the capability of vMotion, DRS, high availability, and resource distribution.

The price could be better. The licensing is definitely expensive and tech support is sometimes frustrating.

I have been using VMware vSphere for 15 or 16 years.

VMware vSphere is a robust and stable product. It doesn't break that often.

Technical support is sometimes frustrating. Lately, we have been dealing with some tech support on SRM and they are not able to solve it.

The initial setup is straightforward. Once you have some understanding, it's straightforward.

The price could be better. The license is definitely expensive.

I don't find anything that I think it would be a bottleneck or any challenge. I've been using it for so many years. It's a robust product, and I don't see anything lacking. I would advise potential users to go for it. It's something you can rely on. It's very robust and doesn't break if you implement it correctly. It actually gives you peace of mind.

On a scale from one to ten, I would give VMware vSphere an eight.

We use this solution for hosting servers and some applications.

It's easy to use, and it is flexible.

Security and patch-related items need improvement.

In the next release, we would like the security system improved.

I have been using this solution for a couple of years. 

We are working with the latest version.

It's a stable solution.

It's a scalable product. We have 300 to 500 users in our organization.

We have not contacted technical support. We have not faced any challenges.

We have used other applications previously.

The initial setup is straightforward. It's easy to install.

I completed the implementation myself.

Our licensing fees on paid on a yearly basis and the pricing is fine.

We have evaluated NSX VMware and VMware vSAN, but we have certain requirements and found vShpere to be more suitable.

I would recommend this solution to anyone who is interested in using it.

I would rate VMware vSphere a ten out of ten.

It's virtualization software. We are using it to virtualize virtual machines.

It cuts down on hardware costs by being able to virtualize multiple hardware and multiple machines on a single piece of hardware.

The primary use is the most valuable feature. Being able to virtualize virtual machines on one set of hardware is essentially what it does.

The user interface could use some improvement.

I have been using VMware vSphere for approximately five years.

This product has been very stable.

The version that I have is not very scalable, although overall, the product is. I bought a limited version. We do not plan to increase our usage within the next year. There may be, later on.

I really haven't had much need for technical support.

Prior to using vSphere, I was working strictly with individual machines.

I thought that the initial setup was very straightforward.

We deployed with our in-house team.

I and another person are in charge of administration and maintenance. There is routine maintenance needed for virtual machines. This includes maintaining existing virtual machines, as well as creating new ones when required.

Considering that this solution has cut down on the number of real machines that I have, I would expect there to have been cost savings.

My advice for anybody who is looking into using vSphere is that there are a lot more options out there now, but this product has worked well for me.

The biggest lesson that I have learned from using this product is that it's too easy to create new machines.

I would rate this solution a ten out of ten.

We are using vSphere to virtualize our workloads.

The most valuable features are the resilience of the solution and vMotion.

I would like to have replication between sites available in the standard version.

We have been using vSphere for more than five years.

We use it on a daily basis and it seems stable most of the time.

All of our servers and products run using vSphere. It is easy to scale.

Support for the product is not good enough. It should be faster and more efficient.

This is the only solution of this type that we have used.

The initial setup was simple, but you have to develop it before you begin to install it.

The deployment took us approximately one week.

We shared the implementation with a partner.

We do the maintenance, although we did have a problem one time that we escalated to the vendor.

The price of this solution is mid-range. There are additional features that can be purchased for an extra charge. For example, if you want replication between sites then you have to pay more.

In summary, this is a good product and I recommend it because it's resilient and you do not have many products to install.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

Our primary use case for this solution is High Availability Industrial Control Operator Interfaces, and Historian & Regulatory Compliance Data.

This solution offers an easy OS upgrade and safe migration in a live environment, where downtime is extremely costly.

The most valuable feature is its ability to revert to previous snapshots during testing of various guest and application deployments.

Two improvements that I would like to see are higher resolution console modes for guests and easier switching between consoles.

Standard commercial environment.

A gold standard of server virtualization.

• vMotion
• NSX
• Dynamic deployment of new servers is critical.

Improvements to the vCenter server appliance are still needed, especially the HTML5.

Server virtualization.

Consolidation and normalization.

Distributed vSwitch, and vSphere.

Improvement in price.