What advice do you have for others considering VMware vSphere?

VMware vSphere is rated at ten on a scale of one to ten. It is a perfect solution.

On a scale from one to ten, I would rate VMware vSphere six or seven. If I feel that the requirement is best fit with VMware vSphere, then I suggest it. If not, I suggest other solutions.

VMware vSphere is a stable hypervisor. Competing hypervisors still face challenges, except for Nutanix, which requires changing hardware for hyperconvergence. VMware optimizes hardware and virtual machines better than others. Overall, I rate vSphere nine out of ten.

I rate the overall product an eight out of ten. It doesn't have any significant security features, and you can only get it through add-ons.

I rate VMware vSphere a nine out of ten.

vSphere has the DRS site. We got the recovery site feature, but we haven't used it. It's good to use the high availability to be more than AWS. We have many weekly metrics running on these. Overall, I rate the solution an 8 out of 10.

VMware vSphere has helped us provide better services to our customers because we were able to provide them with stable service. The availability of our systems increased by using VMware products. The solution's security was adequate, but we were not using it extensively. The solution's High Availability is definitely the factor that comes into the picture because you cannot have downtime in today's IT world. VMware becomes a core strength of the product. It gives you the required availability, scalability, and stability for the environment. I have always been looking for a seamless cloud migration strategy, which has already been implemented. Now, you can easily migrate systems from on-premises to AWS or Azure cloud. It is easy to integrate VMware vSphere with other products. Many people using the infrastructure on-premise sometimes want to use the additional capacity in the cloud for additional functionality. The version I used earlier did not have the functionality to move the server from on-premises to the cloud seamlessly. In the newer version, they already have established that part. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

Speaking about the application deployment process, I work at the L1 level in my company. In my company, the L3 is a different department that manages the application deployment process, and most of them go for tools apart from the ones under VMware to manage the VMs. I am only creating new VMs and assigning RAM space, and if something comes up, then I create new RHEL-based systems. When it comes to the application deployment process, my company manually deploys the applications. For automation purposes, our company uses Jenkins to collect the logs and provide a GUI with the help of a username and password to the end user, after which they can collect the logs from Jenkins. I work at an L1 level in my company. The integrations and infrastructure-related areas of the product are managed by another team in my company. I recommend the product to those who plan to use it. Nowadays, people don't prefer to go for cloud-based solutions. Most of the companies prefer VMware as they want some level of security in the environment. VMware allows users to have in-house products. Most companies or banks are not moving over to cloud-based tools. VMware is used in banking systems. I rate the tool an eight out of ten.

We use the solution internally and externally. We have different virtualization platforms. VMware is a mature solution. It's stable but a bit pricey. It doesn't have any competition. If we compare it to the full solution stack, it's a very mature solution. Overall, I rate the product a seven out of ten.

In instances where organizations operate on robust infrastructures and budget constraints are not a significant concern, my usual recommendation is VMware. This is especially true for financial companies that prioritize investing in and managing critical software solutions without financial constraints. Overall, I would rate it eight out of ten.

VMware vSphere's community is good. I recommend using the product if you are in the initial career phase and need to deploy a few virtual machines for testing purposes. For more extensive virtualization needs in a production environment, especially when dealing with many VMs, opting for VMware ESXi, its upgraded version, would be a prudent choice. I rate it eight out of ten.

I recommend VMware vSphere and rate it an eight out of ten.

In fact, individuals can explore these solutions firsthand since nearly all virtual environment products offer trial periods. For instance, I personally experimented with alternative virtual environments before ultimately opting for VMware. I would rate it nine out of ten.

I would definitely recommend using the solution. I would rate the solution a nine out of ten. I would advise to be sure that the functionality brought by VMware aligns with the good functionality because there are other products in the market like ISPs, KV M, Oracle, Microsoft, and some other stuff. And VMware is a well-known product. But to be sure that the functionality provided by VMware is needed.

This is generally a good and stable solution. It's about weighing up the cost against what the product offers for a specific use case. I rate this solution seven out of 10.

I would rate it 9.5 out of 10.

I would rate VMware vSphere a 10 out of 10.

It is a very fine and reliable solution. I would rate it a nine out of 10.

I rate VMware vSphere an eight out of ten.

I rate VMware vSphere a ten out of ten.

I would recommend this solution to others. I rate VMware vSphere a nine out of ten.

I can recommend this solution. I would rate it at least an eight out of 10.

We are also using NSX and vSAN. We have been using NSX for three years. It's not strictly a cloud solution; it can be on-premises as well as in the cloud. It is, in essence, a network virtualization solution. It can be used for virtualizing the network, virtual routers, virtual switches, and virtual firewalls. Virtualization and on-demand networking are two of the benefits. On-demand networking is the best option if I can memorize it. If you need virtual switches, we can create them as well as routers. Virtualization would be our area of expertise. VMware vSphere is, in my opinion, one of the best in its class on the market. However, depending on the use cases, we could certainly recommend it. I would rate VMware vSphere a nine out of ten.

We are with one of the service providers. I'm managing VMware. We are not working with the latest version of the solution. We're working with, for example, N-1. I'd rate the solution at a nine out of ten. We are very happy with its capabilities and don't have anything negative to say.

VMware vSphere is a good solution, but we are looking for ACI opportunities. My advice to others is when you are looking for a solution, look for a vendor in the county you live in. I rate VMware vSphere a nine out of ten.

We are using VMware solutions. We are running the VMware standard edition. We also have VMware vSphere and VMware ESXi. We are running the latest version of VMware vSphere: 7.0. We started with version four of this software. I wouldn't say that there are features that I like the most about VMware vSphere, because it's just a normal management console. It's a default client management software for the virtual environment. It's just a console that we use. We have been using the software since we enrolled into the virtual CRR, so we are used to it. I can't say whether it's easy to use or not, because I've been using it forever. I can't do any comparison. To say it's easy to use or it's not easy to use would not suffice, because I've been using it for years, so I know how to navigate the platform. What I want to see, I can get easily from VMware vSphere. I don't recall the last time we installed the software, and even if it was a difficult process, I wouldn't know, because that would best be answered by the technical team, who keeps installing it for different lines. For me it was something that was done once. We only have one engineer who takes care of the deployment and maintenance of VMware vSphere. The software is only used by fewer than five people, e.g. just the administrators. We're not increasing the number of users, because there are only just a few people needed to man the environment. I would recommend VMware vSphere to others, particularly because when I contacted them about some issues, they assisted me diligently. From one to ten, I'm rating VMware vSphere an eight. When you talk about performance improvement of VMware vSphere, you have to look at other factors. You look at the whole infrastructure. You can't look at the software alone, because when it comes to performance, you also have to look at your hardware. You have to look at your storage. It isn't just the software, e.g. VMware vSphere, that you are using. For example, the last time we had an issue, it wasn't only because of the VMware side. It was also because of our storage, e.g. Our storage capacity was full, so we had to engage VMware. To improve performance, the VMware infrastructure as a whole should be improved, which means changing the storage, storage accessories, etc. VMware vSphere is only connected, and it's only a software that is running on the hardware, so to improve performance, we also need to talk about and look into the hardware aspects of the solution.

I'll say that if you want the vSphere solution for all virtualization, you should first look at the size of your infrastructure. If it is small, you don't have to go to, as I previously stated, Hyper-V or another solution. However, if you are starting with a medium or large size, you should use a solution like VMware because its performance is very strong. And, because we have a large infrastructure, we can see that it works very well. This is my advice to anyone looking for server virtualization software. I would rate VMware vSphere a seven out of ten. It has been difficult for me to find a VMware engineer to work on my project. They don't seem to be very close to the customers, in my opinion. That is the main reason I gave this score of seven out of ten.

I can recommend vSphere without hesitation. I would rate it an eight out of ten.

VMware vSphere are leaders in virtualization. The capital investment is high, but it is efficient. I would rate it a ten out of ten.

In summary, this is a very stable solution and it has been that way for years. So far, it's been a very good fit. The only question is today, is it still worthwhile investing in on-premise solutions, or are cloud solutions at a level where we can move production nodes to it? That's basically our question and I'm guessing a question that a lot of other companies are asking themselves. I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

I'd rate the solution at a nine out of ten. We've been satisfied with its general capabilities so far.

I would absolutely recommend this solution. I would rate it a nine out of 10.

I've been using the VMware Workstation for eight years, while the VMware vSphere, I've been using for five years. This solution is deployed on-premises on a physical server for hosting services. Our public server is on a virtual environment. I'm very satisfied with VMware vSphere. Deployment of this solution took one day for the supervisor cluster and the virtual machine. I can't say exactly how many users are using VMware vSphere in our organization, but it's more than 1,000. We have a virtual mail server with 1,000 accounts. We have a website with approximately 200 to 300 visits per day. We also have an internet proxy used regularly by all the internal users to access the internet. We have not measured usage for the DNS server. We have no statistics for it. We have plans to use other tools from VMware like the vCenter. We have not yet explored it sufficiently, so we use it more. We have plans to use the vMotion to move virtual machines. My advice to people who plan to use VMware vSphere is to first pay more attention to the materials, e.g. the physical server, because all the virtualization performance resides and depends on that physical server. This means it has to have a good dimension, a good amount of memory and disk space, and a good network controller card. You have to choose a server which is physically robust, strong, and powerful, so you can deploy with the best performance in your virtual environment. I'm rating VMware vSphere a nine out of ten.

I have two clusters, version 7 and version 6.7. Both are there. I'm not using the cloud-based version and other stuff, so I couldn't comment on it. On the on-premises version, however, it's a very good solution. It has a nice interface and nice everything and is a very stable product. We have never faced any issues yet. I'd recommend the solution to others 100%. I would rate the solution at a nine out of ten.

I would recommend this solution to others. It is one of the best tools. I rate VMware vSphere a nine out of ten.

I would recommend this solution to others who are considering it. It is quite simple to use. The installation is simple and it is stable. I would rate VMware vSphere a nine out of ten.

We're using version seven or thereabouts. I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten. I would recommend it to other users and companies.

I rate VMware vSphere seven out of 10.

I rate VMware vSphere nine out of 10. It does what we need it to do, and works fine. There aren't any additional features that we need at this time.

In Pakistan, for the most part, organizations are still catching up in terms of the cloud. There are no large data centers because cloud providers do not exist locally. Neither AWS nor Azure has a presence. The closest data centers to us are Singapore and Dubai. As such, the cloud is not very popular yet and most of our customers have on-premises deployments. We do expect this to change. My advice for anybody who is implementing this product, or any piece of software, is to have a reasonable level of knowledge in advance of the deployment. That is key in IT. If you are a consultant, as opposed to an end-user, then you need to have a deep knowledge of the product because there are circumstances where you have to go beyond the normal configuration. Sometimes you have issues that can only be resolved if you are well-equipped with the knowledge. I also recommend that people plan their deployment. VMware is a wonderful product and it will definitely provide you with the functionality to meet your technical requirements. You will be a very satisfied customer while using it, but the key is to know the product and plan things properly. Overall, this is a good product and I do not feel that there is much missing. It is the best virtualization platform available. I would rate this solution a ten out of ten.

My advice to anyone considering using VMware vSphere is you have to find out the requirements. You have to do a very good job finding the requirements so that the scoping and provisioning of the resources are okay. That way you don't have later have to be constantly changing the configuration. It is good to spend some time doing requirements and finding out the loads, etc... that you are going to have to handle. Generally, VMware vSphere is not perfect, but it's okay. On a scale of one to ten, I will give it an eight. You get used to the interface. The pricing is getting cheaper, but it depends. Anyway, it is a good product.

It's quite stable, has good support available, and is a mature product. I rate VMware vSphere a nine out of ten.

I don't need to give any advice - this product sells itself. My recommendation to anyone considering VMware vSphere is that if you need to virtualize your environment, you will buy this solution for sure. But you have to have the servers before buying the license. You can first install it for free on a demo, or you can get the virtual environment to try the solution. But it doesn't need any advice, it is quite simple. After working on this solution, I have joined the official course for vSphere and I took the certificate, so it allowed me to know all the features in this product. On a scale of one to ten, not to be extreme, but I would give VMware vSphere a nine.

I rate VMware a nine out of ten. VMware is fine. If someone has an office and they only need two or three servers, then I would recommend Hyper-V because they have a free instance for up to four servers. My recommendation would depend on someone's environment and budget, and totally depends on the size of their organization and server.

I rate vSphere 10 out of 10. It's perfect. I know some people are very conservative and don't want to even mess with them, but I would argue that it's a way to avoid risking physical installations or making mistakes in real life. You can do all your testing virtually.

I would rate the solution a nine out of ten.

I rate VMware vSphere nine out of 10.

I'd recommend the solution to other users. It's a good technology. They're pioneers in the industry. I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten.

While we are currently using the on-premises deployment, our plan is to move completely to the cloud. We are using the latest version of the solution at this point. I can't speak to the exact version number. I'd rate the solution at a ten out of ten overall. It's a very useful product. I would recommend the solution to other users or other companies.

I rate vSphere a nine out of ten. I have a lot of customers using vSphere. I recommend this product for those who are looking into implementing it, but it depends on their needs. There are other similar products I can propose too.

The freelance experience for the platform is excellent. I would recommend this solution to other users. I would rate VMware vSphere a ten out of ten.

I would recommend this solution to others. I rate VMware vSphere an eight out of ten.

I would recommend this solution to others. I rate VMware vSphere a ten out of ten.

If you want to reduce your costs, I would recommend going forward with virtualization. I would rate this solution as nine out of ten.

Virtualization fulfills the requirements very well. I would rate VMware vSphere a 10 out of 10.

Regarding this solution, vSphere is the gold standard. It has been there for 15 years, and you're not going to find people who are dissatisfied with vSphere. You're not going to find people complaining about vSphere. The only thing you will find is when we talk about things like VxRail, things like that, where issues can come. vSphere by itself, I can't think of anybody who's not happy with it. I would rate vSphere a ten out of ten. You're not going to find anything better.

I would rate this product as nine out of ten.

The solution is cloud-based. There are around four people using the solution in our organization. I rate VMware vSphere as a seven out of ten.

I would recommend this solution to others. I would rate VMware vSphere a nine out of ten.

I rate VMware vSphere a nine out of ten.

I rate vSphere 10 out of 10. I would recommend it to others.

Up until now, we use the product on-premises, however, currently, we are developing a hybrid cloud. We are moving to the cloud solution and the base, the transition system is, VMware vSphere. While we use the solution's 6.7 version, the latest version is version 7. I'd rate the solution at a nine out of ten. I've been very happy with the capabilities of the product. I would recommend the solution to other users and organizations.

I would rate VMware vSphere a nine out of ten.

We consider the solution to be obligatory. The solution's use can range from ten users to thousands. I would definitely recommend the solution to others. I am a big fan of it. I rate VMware vSphere as a twenty out of ten. I give it a perfect ten rating.

We're end-users and customers. I'm not sure which version of the solution we're currently on. I don't manage that aspect of it. Overall, I would rate the solution at an eight out of ten. We've mostly been very happy with its capabilities. I would recommend the solution to others.

The vSphere serves as the system's control center for managing virtual machines (VMs). VMware vSphere is present in all installations. Our solutions are all deployed on-premises. As a company, we advise, supply, and install products for our clients. We provide two solutions, one of which is Sangfor and the other is VMware. As a reseller of vSphere, I would recommend this solution to anyone who is interested in using it. I would rate VMware vSphere an eight out of ten.

I would rate VMware vSphere an eight out of ten.

Though this is an expensive solution it has great functionality, do not try and go too cheap or it will end up costing you more in the long run. I rate VMware vSphere a nine out of ten.

I'd rate the solution at a ten out of ten. I'd recommend the solution. Most people cannnot ignore VMware unless they are looking for something very, very, very, very minimal. It's best in class.

I would recommend this solution to others. It is considered to be a leader within the industry. I would rate VMware vShpere an eight out of ten.

I do not prefer the newest version because of the bulk that it adds to ThinApp, especially with Windows 10 operating system. If they can find a way around that, it would be really good. Considering the returns and the number of users for the ThinApps that we create using vSphere, I would rate VMware vSphere a nine out of 10.

For now, I would go with VMware for the Windows and Linux environment and do Kubernetes as a new island in the chain for containers. For most organizations, the ideal is the number of other users of a solution, because they're the ones that find the problems before you. Going off into some experimental environment may sound great and you might have a good initial experience, but if you're going to be the only person walking the minefield, it may not be a good ending. I rate VMware nine out of 10.

My advice to those wanting to implement the solution is to make sure they read and know exactly what the solution does, and if there were updates from the previous version they have used, understand the changes before implementing. I rate VMware vSphere a nine out of ten.

I would recommend this solution to others. I advise those wanting to use the solution to test it out and compare it to competitors. I rate VMware vSphere a nine out of ten.

The solution is mostly deployed on-premises, although we also have cloud deployments. This product is suitable for a company of any size. The solution rates competitively against Nutanix and Microsoft. Overall, I feel it to be a pretty proven platform, although the underlying platform, or the management and features that surround it, are of secondary importance. BDI is the main focus. I rate VMware vSphere as an eight out of ten.

I would recommend this solution any day. I would rate VMware vSphere a nine out of 10. It is excellent.

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.

I would recommend this solution to others. If you use VMware, then you need to use vSphere to manage the clusters. I rate VMware vSphere a nine out of ten.

I recommend this solution to others. I rate VMware vSphere a ten out of ten.

I would recommend this solution and rate it at ten on a scale from one to ten.

I would rate VMware vSphere a nine out of 10.

I rate this solution a nine out of 10.

I would recommend this solution to new users. On a scale from one to ten, I would give VMware vSphere a ten.

We're just customers and end-users. We don't have any business relationship with VMware. We use the latest version of the solution. I can't speak to the exact version number. We're very happy with the solution overall. I'd rate it at a nine out of ten. Using this product is a no-brainer. It's a really easy product to use. If you're looking at simply a VM or anything similar or anything cloud-based, it's pretty much exactly what you need.

I am a consultant and reseller. My advice to others who are considering implementing the solution is they have a good partner. I rate VMware vSphere as a seven out of ten.

My advice to small to large-scale enterprises companies wanting to move to virtualization, vSphere is highly recommended for effective cost savings. The future is in virtualization, the industries are moving in that direction. Everything is in virtualization, such as networks, storage, and desktop applications. We can reduce the data center space, power cooling, and hardware lifecycle. However, the licensing costs are expensive. I rate VMware vSphere a nine out of ten.

I would recommend this solution to others. I rate VMware vSphere a nine out of ten.

I personally do not recommend Hyper-V based on my experience, but I can recommend others to also look at Proxmox. There is also a solution from IBM. They are, for sure, very good contenders. I would rate VMware vSphere a nine out of 10. It satisfies our needs.

VMware vSphere is user-friendly and easy to implement, so I will recommend it. I would rate it at eight on a scale from one to ten.

We're just customers and end-users. I would recommend the solution to other organizations, so long as they've got the money. If you don't have the money you probably want to look at things that are open source. It's not a one size fits all kind of product. I say this because of the licenses. The amount of money you spend on licenses annually might be less somewhere else. For a medium enterprise, if you want a cross-platform sort of initial hypervisor I would say yes, VMware is a good option. Of course, there's always something better than VMware as well. For example, Nutanix is way ahead if you are a big enterprise. Overall, I would rate the solution at a nine out of ten. If it was less expensive, it would basically be perfect.

I'd recommend the solution to other users and companies. Overall, I would rate the solution at an eight out of ten. I would say that we are quite happy with its capabilities overall.

If someone is starting new with VMware, it is important that you either onboard someone who has experience with it or you ramp up the knowledge of your IT operations staff. It is far-reaching and complex and requires a good understanding to manage it properly. If you don't have a good understanding at the beginning, you could find yourself in situations where you're not getting the actual return on the solution because you're not managing it properly. The knowledge gap at the beginning has to be covered quite thoroughly. I would rate VMware vSphere an eight out of ten.

For my friend with stock in virtualization, I think maybe they can try the Cloud. That may be easier, and they don't need to stay on-premises. On a scale from one to ten, I would give VMware vSphere a nine.

I rate VMware vSphere an eight out of ten.

I would totally recommend VMware vSphere even though I have some complaints about it. It's one of the great technologies available right now. I would rate it at eight on a scale from one to ten.

I would recommend this solution to others who are interested in using it. I would rate VMware vSphere a nine out of ten.

I recommend that they get familiar with the technology and also with the documentation for implementation. It's really complete. I would also recommend that they obtain the training available online, which is really good. On a scale from one to ten, I would rate this solution at ten.

I rate VMware vSphere a nine out of ten.

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.

I would recommend this solution to others who are interested in using it. I would rate VMware vSphere a nine out of ten.

We are using the latest version of the solution at this point. I cannot speak to the exact version number off-hand. We are not integrating the solution at this time. I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten. I would recommend the solution to other companies.

I would recommend this solution to anyone who is interested in using it. I would rate VMware vSphere a ten out of ten.

VMware vSphere helps with large scale deployments and maintenance. On a scale from one to ten, I would rate it at nine.

I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten. We've been quite satisfied with its capabilities overall. We are very happy with it. I would recommend the solution to other organizations and users.

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

We are currently in the process of moving to version 7 of the solution. I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten. We've been mostly quite satisfied with the solution overall. I'd recommend it to other companies.

We are a big IT integration company and we do around 80 projects for different customers in my country. We are a partner with VMware. We're one of their software vendors. We use multiple versions of the solution. I'd rate the solution nine out of ten. Overall, we've been very satisfied with the solution and its capabilities.

I would rate this solution at 9, on a scale from one to ten.

I can recommend vSphere to other users who are looking into implementing it. I would rate VMware vSphere an eight out of ten.

In summary, this is a good product and I recommend it. If you have a mixed environment that includes Windows, Linux, and other operating systems then this product is a good choice. However, if you have a purely Linux environment, such as Red Hat, then you can save money and have better performance by implementing KVM instead. I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

We are just customers and end-users. We don't have a business relationship with the company. It's my understanding that we are using the latest version of the solution, although I don't know the exact version number. I would definitely recommend this solution to other organizations. For the most part, I've been very satisfied with its capabilities. I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten.

I would absolutely recommend using this solution. It's clear-based, straightforward, and includes all of the options required in business. Overall, on a scale from one to ten, I would give this solution a rating of ten.

There is no other perfect solution as compared to this solution. If you want to go for virtualization, there is no other stable and sustainable option. I would rate VMware vSphere an eight out of ten.

I would absolutely recommend this solution. It's better than Microsoft Hyper-V. Hyper-V has some problems. VMware vSphere is the industry leader by far when it comes to the hypervisor sector. Overall, on a scale from one to ten, I would give this solution a rating of nine.

We are customers and end-users of the product. We are using the latest version of the solution at this time. We've just deployed it ourselves, and it is very small. We haven't had any difficulties with it at all so far and it's been five years. I'd recommend the solution to other organizations. I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten. We've been largely very satisfied with the capabilities.

I would recommend this solution. I would rate VMware vSphere a ten out of ten.

If you want 100% utilization of your hardware, you should definitely use it. There is also network virtualization and storage virtualization, but it would be quite cheaper if you go for physical storage. If you are a medium to large organization, the hybrid environment is also there. If you are a small organization, you should go for the cloud because if your utilization is not much, it is always recommended to go for the cloud. Otherwise, go for VMware virtualization. It is 100% useful for an organization. VMware is bringing a lot of features. They are quite ahead in terms of features. They have containerization, monitoring, operational manager, and all required features. vSAN and storage utilization are also there. They are bundling everything. Their Research and Development is very good. I would rate VMware vSphere a nine out of ten.

We are implementors and our customers don't sometime have any dedicated IT guy. But, as vSphere works well once implemented, there's relativally less to do.

I would recommend VMware vSphere to potential buyers. I will always do that. It's highly recommended to go with the entire vSphere Cloud Suite rather than only just going with the Hypervisor. But if you go with the entire suite, it's really wonderful. On a scale of one to ten, I would rate VMware vSphere an eight.

Overall, for me, everything with this product looks good and I can recommend it. I would rate this solution a ten out of ten.

I would recommend it to potential users. On a scale from one to ten, I would give VMware vSphere a nine.

I recommend this solution to most of my customers because it is very stable, and it has a lot of good features. In comparison to other solutions, I prefer to use VMware. I also recommend Hyper-V, but VMware vSphere is my first choice. I would rate VMware vSphere an eight out of ten.

I would give vSphere 9 out of 10, as it is easy to use, and there is good support available.

VMware vSphere is my preferred hypervisor. It always has been, and always will be. I suggest using it, and not hesitating. I'm sure that they're working on great stuff to enhance this product that I can't even think of, but from my perspective, everything that they do today is great. I don't know what they could possibly do to make my life easier, but I'm sure they'll come up with something. I would rate this solution a ten out of ten.

It's important to contract a good level of support from VMware. I would rate VMware vSphere a nine out of ten.

It's important to understand your requirements before choosing a solution. I would rate this solution a seven out of 10.

I would definitely recommend the solution to others working in IT. I would give the solution a nine but the vMotion feature takes too long for transferring files between stored data sources. I rate VMware vSphere an eight out of ten.

I would recommend this solution. It's robust, it's working and it's easy to use. I would rate VMware vSphere a ten out of ten.

It's important to do your homework and make sure that it's the right solution for you. It's the same with anything, there are other options out there and you need to figure out what fits your business use case at the time. I would rate this solution an eight out of 10.

I would advise others to go ahead with this solution. It is a very functional product. Only its price needs improvement. I would rate VMware vSphere an eight out of ten.

This is a good product and I recommend it. I would rate this solution a ten out of ten.

Just follow the documentation. It's very useful and informative. Before you implement, check the licensing, to see if the license is okay and the compatibility metrics are okay. I would rate VMware vSphere 9 out of 10.

This is a very good product for small business or community organizations. I would rate this solution an eight out of 10.

We're a partner with VMware. We are a data center service provider. We sell these services to customers. We are not using it for ourselves only. We are also selling the solution to our customers. In that sense, there's always a plan to increase vSphere. Overall, we're pretty satisfied with the solution. I'd rate it a seven out of ten.

We're just customers. We are a little behind the latest version, which I believe is 7.1. We're using 6.5 for the most part. We still have a little bit of a legacy in 5.5, however, that is just hardware related. It doesn't support the newer version. We trying to rectify that as soon as possible. I would recommend the solution to other companies. Overall, I would rate the solution nine out of ten.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

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.

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 don't have a business relationship with the product. We're just customers. If we speak about version five or plus five, I'm pretty knowledgeable about those as I was a network administrator back then. However, version six, version seven, I deal with these versions maybe two times per year, so I'm not very good on them. Overall, I'd rate them at an eight out of ten, mostly due to the high pricing and container management.

I would rate vSphere and 9.5 out of ten. I really like it because it's a storage restoration additional add-on but it's really expensive now.

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.

We're just a customer. We don't have a business relationship with vSphere. We aren't using the latest version of the solution. The near version is sufficient for us and it's solving our requirements. Overall, I'd rate the solution seven out of ten. While I would recommend it due to the fact that it's solving my problems, I am evaluating other products that may be better. There may be an open-source option that could also work for us. That said, this product is great in that we are using it hassle-free.

I would definitely recommend this solution to others. It is a very good product. It is very stable, so your infrastructure uptime can be better. The manual cost of your infrastructure can be less if you use vSphere. I would rate VMware vSphere an eight out of ten.

Overall, I'd rate the solution ten out of ten. Everything it does, it does very well, even among all of the competition that exists in India. However, price-wise, for us, it's not ideal. I haven't explored much, however, from what I have seen, they really do cover everything.

This is a good solution and I will recommend it. They are choosing a good product. I would rate this solution a ten out of ten.

I think the decision needs to be made by the architects of the solution. They need to be aware of the cost of such solutions, their requirements, and the constraints of such technologies. From a technological point, it's always a good solution. However, it might not be the best solution in terms of the total cost of ownership, and maybe there are better solutions like Proxmox. I would give VMware vSphere a solid eight out of ten.

I would recommend it for big enterprises. I would rate VMware vSphere a nine out of ten. It is the best solution.

Before selection of any product, first determine your own requirements, study them, and then present solutions.

When I hear that somebody is willing to deploy a similar solution, I suggest this product to them and even help with the deployment. I love this product. Once this solution is deployed, only fine tuning needs to be done. Once complete and everything is in place, you don't have to do much. From the technical end, the product is great. I would rate this product a ten out of ten.

The advice I would give is that there should be proper planning for implementing VMware solutions. With us, the content management suppliers and the various vendors provided this. If VMware vSphere is the particular product you are choosing, consider where the sellers were located and if they have a knowledge of the product. * Do the suppliers have the right models for your business? * Do the suppliers have different VMware licenses available? * Will you be able to enjoy the VMware license discount with the manufacturer? * Does the integrator company have good partners in the supply chain? If you just launch a VMware deployment without planning, it is not advised. Engage with all management and staff, then do proper planning before going into vSphere implementation. No product is perfect but VMware vSphere is absolutely excellent. It has issues, i.e. the result of insufficient speeds, but no product is 100% perfect. That is why I would give it a nine out of ten rating.

Linode, AWS and Digital Ocean now use KVM

Price is not everything to me. Even though price may put a burden on a company, if you are trying to solve something for your company, the more expensive solution may help you run your environment smoothly. Then, it is worth the expense.

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

VMware alone cannot offer all the features that customers require. There are times when the differential cost of the customer is not feasible. In addition, there are times when the requirements, in terms of API, build up and the connectivity to the outside world is more important. People need to decide on their own whether this is a good solution or if an OpenStack solution is the better choice.

I would advise others to go with this product if they want to scale their enterprise, definitely if there is no budget constraint.

From my side, the advice would be to design it properly the first time. Have proper capacity planned out, and don't just create over-provision in the production environment. Best you can do with provisioning with production, you definitely need to have some capacity sizing done properly. And, that goes in not for just this product but any virtualization product that a company implements. You do not want to overload the hardware. You have to think about the capabilities of the end-user.

I would rate it as a nine out of ten. Go big with your hardware. You have to be willing to invest in the hardware platform. Storage is key. Make sure you have enough performance with it. When you're looking at the actual overall product, make sure you understand what third party offerings you need to put in. It could be something from VMware or one of the partners, but it's going to be more that just the VMware Suite. There will be one or two things you need to add to it. Specifically, monitoring or reporting will be the big draws. I don't have a percentage for the performance boost of the apps. However, there is noticeably different speed of how the database is working and how you move through the client. Everything is a bit more responsive. Part of that was getting rid of the flash client as well. We're seeing an overall general performance increase in everything we do, whether it's the monitoring aspect or deploying.

Partner with the right partner because not all partners are the same. And have a strategy in mind. Have a design in place, the logical design. What functions are you trying to achieve? What business problems are you trying to solve? And then go ahead and do your due diligence with testing, etc. Once you involve the partner and you're implementing, make sure you have proper testing, have a soft launch, and then a go-live, so that you've got a risk-free solution. That's where a lot of customers go wrong. They don't do their due diligence, and they don't properly launch, and they have the wrong partner that they partnered with, who is not quite up to the task of doing this type of thing. For our customers that are very security conscious, in the financial space and the healthcare space, they typically will have clusters where TPM and virtual machine encryption are enabled to provide a more secure experience for those services. We sell a lot of VMware Cloud on AWS. It integrates natively through hybrid cloud extensibility into VMC on AWS. That's actually been a big selling point with 6.7. I rate the solution at nine out of ten. What would bring it up to a ten is feature-parity with the HTML5 interface.

Think about your business needs, afterwards choose the product. Write down your needs on paper in bullets, then the solution will be clear and you can justify choosing VMware, not Hyper-V. I would rate this solution as a nine out of 10. There is always space for improvement. Most important criteria when selecting a vendor: It depends on the business's need. That is all. I am a consultant and must know what my client needs. If they want a Rolls Royce, I give them a Rolls Royce. If they want a Honda Civic, I give them a Honda Civic. I must know the products to fit them to the customer's needs. I don't sell too much, just what the customer wants.

Anybody who's looking to research this, to upgrade in the future, should go for it. It's a very easy upgrade. The features are very beneficial. It's very worth the time to update. It's a much easier solution for the future, and it's a better experience for all involved. Regarding using VMware Cloud on AWS, we use AWS right now, but for our backup solutions, is all. Cold backup, long-term storage out to the cloud, is all we do right now. For us, the biggest criteria for selecting a vendor, right now, are the pricing and the support. Because we are higher education, we have to find the best price, and support comes right behind that. We need the best support as well. I would rate the solution as about a nine out of ten right now. It could be better but it's very close to perfect right now.

In terms of advice, I've looked at many different solutions out there and, right now, VMware is the only one that can provide all the different things that we needed it to do. When selecting a vendor, the most important criteria would be the ease of use, the benefits it has, the features. If we were to switch to someone else, they would have to have all the different features that VMware has currently. And then, price would come in last. I give it a nine out of ten because it has almost all the features we've needed and it's pretty much simple keeping it under control.

Aim for simple, go for fewer hosts with bigger resources, depending of course of on what you need. Don't try to do everything at once. Start with a basic setup and work up from there. We did not really see a performance boost with version 6.5. Regarding the most important criteria when selecting a vendor, it needs to be an industry-leading solution, needs to be easy, simple to set up, not an entire ecosystem of things that I need to deploy to get their system working. Ideally, I want something that we can set up in a day. I'd give vSphere about a nine out of ten. There is still stuff to work on, but it's definitely the best for me. As I said, I find that the support never blows me away, and maybe that's because I don't pay for the most premium level of support, but I find that what we got on the last few tickets that we opened was not great.

We don't use any of the built-in security features but I do appreciate that vSphere 6.7 is inherently more secure in that it's limited, by default, to using TLS 1.2. I would rate the solution to be a nine (out of ten) but I think they're steadily creeping towards a ten with some of the post-GA releases I've seen.

We do use AWS, but not for VMware Cloud on AWS. We only use it for storage. I'd give vSphere a nine out of ten. The only reason I give it a nine is because VMware has amped up how frequently they release new versions and that adds instability to a stable environment. But other than that, I would've given it a ten.

As an overall solution, I'd probably give it a nine out of ten. It is very rock solid in everything that it does and it simply works with everything, and it does a pretty darn good job doing it.

The best advice I could give somebody looking to implement the solution is definitely to download the trial because you can try it out for free. Put it on some test equipment and run it and you're going to love it. We don't have a customer that uses VMware Cloud on AWS, but we've been very involved in hoping the price gets cheaper so we can sell it.

My advice would be just get started as soon as possible. At the moment, we are not using VMware Cloud on AWS, but that's because we're still trying to get ahold of legislation because of GDPR. If I had to rate the product from one to ten, I would rate it at a nine. What could they do to bring it to a ten? In my opinion, it would be alignment with other products, and a more automated upgrade, where you take the other products into account, so you can upgrade the entire VMware stack from a single interface.

I would rate it at a nine, because I don't believe any type of technology is a ten. There is always room for improvement. However, this is a solid nine. Spend time researching, investing, and testing for months. Spend a few months testing the product before implementing it to production. I don't have too much experience with the encryption or secure features of the new vSphere version.

If I had to give a rating of one to ten for vSphere, I would give it a nine. No software nor hardware is perfect, but vSphere is good. That's why I would say a nine. There is still some room for improvement, like larger FTVMs, continued evolution, and keeping pace with the scalability of underlying physical infrastructure. For somebody looking to evaluate a virtualization platform such as vSphere or any of its competing open source solutions, like KVM or other virtualization platforms, one of the key considerations is to look at TCO. vSphere may seem expensive upfront, and there may be some sticker shock there, but if you look at it over the long-term and from a human capital perspective to operate the platform over a period of three or more years, the manageability of vSphere drives the total cost of ownership way down.

The built-in features such as encryption - even including TPM module 2.0, are good, but still not useful for us, just because we don't have a lot of requests for this. The mission-critical applications - more or less all are critical applications. vCenter keeps all the virtual machines of our customers and we don't know what's on those virtual machines. For us, every one of them - not knowing what is inside - is critical. That is for the vSphere used for resources. For the vSphere that we use for management, the critical ones are the infrastructure applications, the ones that keeps the infrastructure working. So from the databases to vCenter itself, to vCloud Director, to NSX. All those machines are critical in that they keep the system working. As for VMware Cloud on AWS, we have only tested it. I rate vSphere at eight out of ten. Ten is perfection and I, more or less, never give a ten because people can improve. It's eight, not nine, because I still don't have complete control of the interface.

I will rate vSphere a ten out of ten, as I'm a huge fan of vSphere. Please look into this solution. You can have it, test it, and download it for 60 days, then you can test it yourself decide what is best for you. We don't have VMware cloud on AWS, but we have plan to go on it in six months. The most important thing when choosing a vendor: We look for performance, return on investment, and tech support. Tech support is very important for us in day-to-day tasks. These are the things that we look for in a vendor.

I would rate vSphere as a nine out of 10. I will recommend the solution, but there are some steps to take first. There are some VMware videos to view and some KB articles to read, which are available, regarding compatibility. I would recommend them to go through everything. Go through the KB articles, then I will recommend them to implement that one. An important criteria for choosing a vendor is evaluating how a company behaves. We will review their past history, the current market, and the value of that product. Then, we will see whether that product can used for our requirement. Based on that, we choose our vendors. We haven't started using the VM encryption. We are in the very initial stage, doing a PoC for it and also the UEFI Secure Boot. These are options that we are trying. Let's see how they will work, and we're looking forward to their results.

We do not currently use VMware Cloud on AWS. If I had to rate vSphere from one to ten - version 6.7 - I would say right now it's probably about a ten.

Do your homework, figure out what you need. This really relates back to the question about the licensing. Do your homework, find out what version you need, think to the future, and figure out what you might need in five years and invest in that now, because that stepping stone just gets easier and easier if you plan for the future now. We have not done a lot with the built-in security features. Some of our customers are inquiring about it. That really is their own choice to use. It's not something that we develop products for when we have not begun to use it internally in our own environment, yet. We also do not use VMware Cloud on AWS. Regarding a performance boost, there is nothing that I've noticed but, to be blunt, it's so robust, we've never pushed it to the max. As far as simplicity, it is the easiest solution, especially with the vCenter management tools. As far as specific examples, I started way back in the days when we were using the Client, the individual 4 Client, and trying to manage multiple servers was really a headache. The ability to do it all, multiple data centers, multiple areas, from one centralized location, is huge. It's just gotten easier and easier. There are still some areas where it would be nice to be able to find things quicker, but it's improved so much over the last two to three years that it's phenomenal. It's so versatile, so feature-rich, but there is some of that add-on confusion. What version do I need for this? What licensing do I need for that? What comes free? What doesn't come free? If that was a little cleaner or eliminated entirely - here's your product and everything comes with it - that would probably raise it to at least 9.5; nothing's perfect.

In terms of advice, especially if you are on things like Hyper-V or other products that I've touched, the simplicity and scalability of the vSphere product has been solid. For another individual who is in the IT or engineering fields, I wouldn't go with anything else. One thing a lot of people don't realize or know about is that Xcode and OS X are closely tied to the versioning of vSphere and what features will be enabled. Coming out this September is MacOS 10.14 and that brings with it the need and requirement to run APFS, which is only supported in 6.7. So we have an abundance of customers, all of which are iOS developers, who require 6.7. So having that coming out was a major need and requirement for us. I haven't noticed a direct performance boost, but the performance is no less than it was in 6.5, which is always generally a good thing. With the addition of features, nothing slowed down, everything is still exactly where it was.

I would definitely recommend the product.

If you're managing more than five servers run over and get some vSpere Essentials. I think virtualization is the only way to go, whether you do it on-premise or in the cloud, nowadays. It doesn't make any sense once you get beyond a couple. I rate the solution an eight. Price would be the main thing, as well as the relative inaccessibility for end-users to be able to touch the product.

Go for it. It's easy to use and manage. Most important criteria when selecting a vendor: support.

I would recommend it highly. I have no complaints. We did a PoC with them and we have been using other products from VMware for years. The important criteria involved in choosing it were flexibility and ease of use for our user base. My advice, if you are going to implement it, is: Read the documentation and question the vendor carefully when doing the install.

Make use of the resources that are there. That's something we failed on when we first started. We started out thinking, "We're going to go with this company for storage, we're going to use Vsphere, etc.," and we just went in with a partner. As I went further along, I learned that there were a lot of built-in resources that I really didn't know I had access to. That was a bit tough. When selecting a vendor, the most important criterion for us, being a smaller IT department, is the support. Also, to a certain extent, the name is important, because when you're a small department you don't have the opportunity to evaluate as many companies as you'd like to. Sometimes you end up going with the main name brand. When you're a small shop, you need all the help you can get. I rate vSphere a solid nine out of ten, especially since, with 6.5 and beyond, it has matured and it's full-fledged. It's tough to think of anything I'd want to add to it at this point. I would have rated vSphere 5.5 as an eight out of ten, so it feels like 6.5 is a progression towards ten. There's really no feature that I can explicitly name that would make it a ten. They just need to make more progress, have more stability, and continued simplicity.

* Look at the market and see what is supportable. How long can you support the product. VMware has the history. It has the people who can support it in the industry. * Look at the supportability of it. Look at the job market and how many people, from a staffing perspective, can support it. * Then, look at the cost, because I don't think cost is everything. Most important criteria when selecting a vendor: They are a leader and more innovative than the competitors.

Analyze your infrastructure first, see what you want to do, and then start deploying everything from zero.

If you're not on vSphere, you should get on it as soon as possible because it will only make your life easier. All the different innovations that have been coming out over the years have shown that it's only going to get better, especially with artificial intelligence, IoT, etc. With all the different technologies that are being proposed, VMware is always going to get better. From a technology standpoint, anybody who is in the industry needs to be on this because it just makes everything easier. We have been using the built-in security features such VM Encryptions and support for TPM and VBS, and it has been hit or miss for us. In some instances we've used it and in some instances we haven't. But for the most part, I think it's okay. We have started using some cloud technologies with it, partnering with AWS to do that. We have a couple of internet-facing applications that we have used, that we have deployed to the cloud, and the experience has been somewhat okay. Because of the nature of our business, there is an apprehension toward actually putting information out on the cloud, if it's not a private cloud. So the latter is what we have chosen to do. We have been able to deploy applications into our own private cloud space, with dedicated pipes to the cloud, with firewalls on both sides of it. We do AD Federation Services to authenticate between the cloud space and our internal network, and we have domain controllers in the cloud as well. We have gone through the growing pains of going to the cloud and now we're working through the quirks and nuisances that come along with that.

In term of advice, obviously some of the SSL stuff would be good to know upfront because the requesting of the certificates, while it's gotten easier, can still be a little bit tricky. There are so many of them that you need. Knowing the right steps for selecting what you need can be challenging. We're not using VM encryption, support for TPM or VBS right now, but we're looking at implementing some of that stuff to improve our security stance. We're slowly attempting to push our database administrators into moving into VMware. They're reluctant, of course, but we have not given them much of a choice. They will come along and we just need to make sure that they're comfortable and we get them fully supported and happy. I would easily rate the solution a nine out of 10. The little problems I have with it here and there notwithstanding, it's the easiest product I have ever had to use for something as complex as your entire infrastructure being in one area. I have dabbled around with other products and they never seem to quite be at the same level of stability and feature sets.

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.

Give it a shot, check it out how easy it is. It just works. I rate it a ten out of ten. I'm a big advocate of VMware.

Test it, give it a try, and see how it goes. Definitely try it. For me, the most important criteria when looking for a vendor are * reliability * ease of use * customer support. I would rate it at eight out of 10 because there is still room for improvement. However, we are not using the full extent of the product so I might be wrong. There is some room for improvement in the ease of use.

In terms of advice to a colleague, I'm giving it every day. I take the guy out to lunch to beat him up with vSphere. I've got a buddy who is a Hyper-V guy. He's says, "But it's free," and I keep saying, "Well, you get what you pay for." He says, "But it never gives me any problems." I say, "Then why are you calling me every week asking me why Exchange is doing stupid things? I don't have those problems and I run exactly the same version you do." It's stable. It just works. I don't have to think about it. Some of the new stuff that's coming out is pretty exciting, as we start thinking of moving to the cloud. But, as a non-profit, at this point, it doesn't make sense to do so, yet. But as we move to the cloud, some of the new stuff they talked about yesterday, here at VMworld 2018, is really going to help us do that. I give vSphere an eight out of ten because of the web interface. It would be a ten otherwise.

I'm anxious for 7.0 to come out because I'm curious to see how the HTML will function. We keep hearing the web client will be better, and it's not. Bring back the fat client!

It's the only virtual solution I've ever used.

It is quick to learn, it's not overly complicated. You don't have to spend a lot of time learning about it, at least from the usability perspective, once it has been set up, of course. It's really easy to use, easy to set up, easy to find what you're looking for, easy to manage. When selecting a vendor to work with, our biggest issue would be availability. We've had some issues with some vendors in the past where they were just too small. Being in Des Moines, we don't have a lot of options, other than bringing people in from other states, or even other countries, possibly. If we do have something come up - which, luckily, we really haven't had anything too bad - just having that immediate connection and resolution is important. This solution has to be a ten out of ten. It's been great. It's easy to use, it's laid out very well, so it's easy to onboard.

Take your time to do the appropriate research and planning, so that it's sized appropriately. A lot of issues that I've seen are from either underlying hardware or resource constraints that aren't necessarily related to vSphere or VMware, rather that things weren't implemented appropriately. We do not you use VMware Cloud on AWS. Right now we just have on-prem for both production and DR. We are starting to move some small Dev environments to AWS. I haven't been a part of that project. From what I hear, there have been some ups and downs but, for the most part, I believe there has been positive feedback. I would rate vSphere a nine out of ten. Ten means everything is perfect. As much as everyone tries to strive for that goal, it's unattainable because there are just so many moving parts, hardware, software, user input, end-users. It's the best that it can be in a nonperfect world.

Do a side-by-side comparison. Try it, stay away from Microsoft. The Microsoft solution of being everything to everybody does not fit. Never fits. Everything that we do is strictly within our own company. So we don't do encryption, although we might look at that. We don't really have a need for TPM. It's a pretty controlled environment. I would rate vSphere an eight out of 10. To make it a 10 they need to get rid of Flash and then apologize for having used Flash, have it auto-scale, and no Java.

My advice is "do it". I rate vSphere at nine out of 10 because the HTML version of things needs to get a little bit better. The vSphere side of things gets a little difficult to manage; right-click, in some browsers, doesn't work as well as it used to. I'm seeing a little bit of general latency that we didn't used to get with the thick client. It's getting there. Version 6.71 brought some of those performance metrics back, but it's just hard to get from one end to the other. With the ever-changing federal requirements, we need to really strip down and minimize what can be done in the browsers. It is getting more and more difficult, Java being the key thing. Going to HTML 5, that's a great thing because Java is going to be pay-to-play next year. And you don't have the vulnerabilities with HTML 5. It works symbiotically. We're seeing that progress. There are some growing pains, but it's getting there.

We are just learning about VM Encryption, TPS, and VBS right now. We just moved to VMware ESX 6.7. While I don't have a lot of experience in it yet, but we're looking to implement them. Since we have had VMware, we've had no problems with it. It's easy to manage. It works very well. Other competitors may not offer as much. You can do a lot with VMware. You get different plugins, so it's a great product. Just go with it. Most important criteria when selecting a vendor: * Cost * Stability.

The advice I would give is: This is the only solution that you need to evaluate. I'd have to say that vSphere is a 9 out of 10, just because of its flexibility and ease of use. We can slide in new resources without any impact. We can do maintenance on our clusters without any impact to applications, and we have the flexibility of migrating those workloads to other data centers, when required, in the case of data center downtime.

Do your homework and build it from the ground up. Set up a plan to replace everything and get started from the beginning as a full virtualized environment. It won't bite you later, which is one thing we were worried about, and we ended up having to do extra work to do small steps into virtualization. Most important criteria when selecting a vendor: * Interoperability with what I currently have and its ability to work with others. * Support. * Price.

I would tell colleagues to take a look at vSphere, if it makes sense for their organization. I've been working with VMware products in one way, shape, or form since the late 90s. Originally, I used it for training purposes and I wasn't even thinking about production. But I have no qualms today, if it's a production system, virtualizing it, as opposed to keeping it on hardware. There is always a learning curve and there are also functionality differences between the clients. For the most part, if everything is working fine, it's efficient to manage. But if you have people say, "Hey, I see performance issues," that's where it becomes a little more of a problem. That's one issue that we're trying to address right now: being able to capture more logging for longer periods of time. Perhaps we need to use a Syslog Server to be able to help troubleshoot some issues by being able to look at particular periods of time. I rate this solution as a seven out of 10 because of the issues with the clients, especially the web client, at times. And there is also the "black box" nature of understanding what's going on when there is a problem.

If you're not already looking at vSphere, you're probably behind. I don't really have any colleagues who aren't utilizing this product. I rate this solution as a nine out of 10 because I think you can always improve. But it's a tremendous product. We consider VMware a partner, we work with them closely.

I have recommended VMware over the at least 12 years now that I've been working directly with them and VMware's hypervisor products. I've recommended it to a lot of folks, and this goes back to the days when other players were involved; companies like Virtual Iron and Zen. VMware has always been a leader in that space and I foresee that they always will be. Although I work in government, we are actively pursuing VMware on Cloud and we are awaiting certain certifications to help drive the initiative. At the moment we're at a standstill with that. In over a decade, from where we started until where we are today, I would say that this solution is right around a 10 out of 10. And I can confidently say that for any customer. Even for those who are just starting up, you're working with a product that's tried and true. It didn't just come out yesterday. It's been here for a very long time.

I would definitely recommend the product.

Plan your environment well, determine what your needs are, and then try to bump that up by 20 percent; give yourself a little bit of future expanding. That way you don't have to leap off and buy a lot right away. Budget for the future if you can. Put a little bit away here and there. Look at the virtual storage, you will save yourself a lot of headaches on configuring. The physical storage can be a pain. The virtual storage, once you get it in place then you don't have to manage it much. Make sure that you really have spec'd out your ESXi host so it can support your environment. Normally, that's been fairly easy. Companies like HPE and Lenovo are more than eager to help you make sure that you have a server that is spec'd out for the VMware environment, and help you get solid on what you need. We haven't done a lot with the built-in security and encryption yet, but from what I've been looking at so far in vSphere 6.7, it looks like something that we would like to integrate. Before I became an analyst I helped manage TPM and BitLocker on laptops. It was a pain. It had to touch each device physically. I'm looking forward to 6.7 where I can utilize TPM 2.0 and encrypt all of my stations on the fly, and make it a more seamless experience. We are not using VMware Cloud on AWS. Being just a local community college, it's a little bit expensive for us right now, but one day we would like to. The product is a good, solid nine out of 10. The only reason I would knock it down any is, as I said, I wish the error messages would, at times, be a little bit more verbose and more explainable.

Do not look at Microsoft.

I would recommend trying the solution.

If you are not already virtualizing, existing-wise, you are doing yourself a severe disservice. Anybody who is continuing down the road of physical servers, any justifications that they think they have, should be challenged. If you have an environment that is all physical servers, a very easy win would be to present virtualization and denser workloads to your management. That would definitely make you look good in your career. I really don't see any negatives to moving to virtualization, even at a 100-percent adoption rate. We have yet to find a workload that is unable to run successfully in a virtualized manner, with the proper configurations and tuning. We have not quite adopted vSphere 6.5 or 6.7. We do have some locations that have 6.5. On the radar will be utilizing the encryption capabilities, but as of yet, we have not really implemented that. We have a large organization so we move at a little bit of a slower pace. But implementing that is on the very near horizon, at least for our external-facing systems, as well as some internal. We are also investigating the VMware Cloud on AWS initiative. That will probably be in the 2019 forum for dabbling or moving a percentage. With our being a manufacturing company, we move a little bit slower in adopting newer technologies and we have not really built the framework for a cloud initiative yet, but that will be something we investigate shortly. I would definitely rate vSphere a 10. If you rate the Hypervisor alone, it's a 10. It has been one of the staples of technology for the last 15 years, and the key player for virtualization, for the whole industry during that time - or since Dell spun VMware off, or created the organization. It has been the premium, platinum product for Hypervisor. There are a few other players in the industry, but they are nipping at the heels, and that's about it. I do think that VMware is going to continue to lead, as far as Hypervisor goes, for the foreseeable future.