VMware vSphere Reviews

We use this solution for financial full disclosure, end-user computing, and for private cloud.

Stability and scalability are the most valuable features of this solution. 

The connectivity to the pools from the large amount of memory to the CPU is also very good.

Also, the stability that it provides from the large system to the virtual machine is good.

I would like to see more support regarding containers, and they need more features for them.

I have been using VMware vSphere for a couple of years.

The stability of this solution is one of the most valuable features. It's a very stable product.

It's a very scalable solution. Every release includes scalability.

We have 200 to 300 customers who are using it and we have plans to increase our usage.

Technical support is moderate.

The initial setup is straightforward.

The time it takes for deployment depends on the environment and the design of it.

We need a team of five technicians to maintain this solution.

It's a monthly subscription model.

I would recommend this solution to others who are interested in using it.

I would rate VMware vSphere a nine out of ten.

The solution has many uses, such as consolidation, VDI workloads, and server virtualization.

It is a very mature solution that is easy to use and flexible.

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

From the years of usage, I have found no issue with the stability of the solution.

The technical support is good. However, it could be more seamless when it comes to chat support and lower response times.

The initial setup is straightforward but when it comes to consolidation it can become complex quickly in some environments. The time it takes to install depends on many variables. For example, if you are building a data center and are using this solution then it can be complex.

When it comes to maintenance, you do not need a team to handle it. We have found it easy to manage.

The price could improve for the enterprise versions.

I would recommend using a certified skilled implementation team. It can be difficult if you do not have the experience.

I rate VMware vSphere a nine out of ten.

We are a construction business and this solution enables us to securely operate our technology. We are customers of VMware vSphere and I'm the company's head of IT. 

We have many power outages and VMware is very reliable in terms of dealing with that kind of experience on a regular basis. 

The most valuable feature is the reliability for our own servers, the backup of the information on our servers. 

The main issue for us is the cost of the solution. 

I've been using this solution for four years. 

The stability is fine - we need to upgrade our hardware and that is currently an issue. 

We currently have 25 employees using this solution with another 20 users who work remotely.
We have two people managing vSphere.

Our experience with technical support has been very good. 

We previously used SAN products and we've recently decided that we're going to move to Nutanix. 

The initial setup was straightforward with deployment taking two weeks. We had an independent integrator who was responsible for this and they did a good job. 

This is a very good product for small business or community organizations. 

I would rate this solution an eight out of 10. 

The primary use case is server virtualization and it brings stability to our workloads.

The most valuable features are stability and support. The stability of this product is very good, and I have not seen an issue for many years. It is very stable for all of the features that are available today.

I would like to see support for endpoint virtualization.

Another thing that I would like to see are improvements with respect to performance.

I have been using VMware vSphere for at least seven or eight years.

The stability is very good and should be a top priority for choosing this product.

This is definitely a scalable product and it is used in a virtualized environment.

The support is very good and we have had no issues with them.

Compared to other products, vSphere is number one in terms of flexibility and scalability.

Pricing is a little bit on the higher side, compared to other products.

Basically, this is a good solution and most of the features are already there. I can recommend it to others. That said, I would like to see better performance.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

We use this product as a solution for backups and security.

The functionalities and management of the product demonstrations need improvement.

It is a stable solution.

It is highly scalable. We can add new hardware and expand the infrastructure easily.

The tech support is good. 

The setup was easy to install and deploy. It took one or two days for deployment.

The pricing is expensive but we really do not have a choice.

I advise anyone looking to use this solution to take the VMware webinars to familiarize themselves with the product. 

It's how we manage our server infrastructure virtually.

It meets all of our needs.

I'm looking forward to the HTML client being finished. That's the thing that's annoying me, but I know it's coming this fall.

If they were going to make the transition from the standalone installable client to the HTML, I wish they would have done more development on it before they released. It's not feature-complete, so we have to go back to the old client to do certain things, and I don't really want to.

It's a very stable product.

We haven't had any scalability issues yet. I don't foresee us having that issue. We're small enough that, if there is a case where it wouldn't scale, it's not going to be discovered by us.

Technical support is always helpful.

I would absolutely recommend it. vSphere has been at the last two jobs that I've had and it's solid.

It's a definite nine out of 10. I'm not sure that there's anything out there that would be better. Microsoft has a hypervisor but I think VMware is more feature-complete.

vMotion between the hosts, deployment of the virtual machines via templates and distributed switches are some valuable features of this product.

It allowed us to move from a physical environment to a virtual environment. It also allowed us to install much more of the hardware, i.e., up to 30+ virtual machines on a single physical server.

There is need for high availability for the vCenter and also a faster/responsive vCenter web interface. True high availability for a vCenter is required in the current virtualised world. With the introduction of 6.5, VMware has now introduced true HA with heartbeat monitoring.

As VMware have gradually decided to move from the C++ thick client to the flash based web portal, and now to the HTML5 web based portal, the legacy flash based web portal for vCenter 5/6.0 was sluggish and slow. On many occasions when going through nested windows for VMware configuration, the flash plugin or browser would crash. Fingers crossed with the new HMTL5 based web portal as so far it's been solid. Even though it doesn't currently have all the features of the flash based portal, I hope VMware releases a fully-functioning HTML5 in the next release of vCenter.

I have used this solution for six years.

Sometimes we have encountered vCenter/vSphere issues that requires the service to restart or the server restarts. The web interface has a lot going on and if the browser crashes, then any progress is lost on the vCenter.

I did not encounter any scalability issues for the VMs.

The technical support is good. I had to use it for iSCSI related issues and was told to upgrade to latest build. However, it didn't fix the issue.

I was not using any other solution previously.

I set up a clustered virtual environment and distributed switches with integration into EMC VNX using VLANs for each SP for iSCSI traffic.

It is expensive for the private sector but it does have a good pricing policy for the charity sector.

We tested Hyper-V - but this was back in 2009. It was very basic then.

You need to place more time into the design phase. You should also build higher spec servers in order to save costs on the licensing.