VMware ESXi Reviews

Our primary use case for VMware ESXi is hosting VMs in a live environment for development and other servers. The solution is deployed on-premises.

VMware ESXi is very scalable and helpful for our business. It allows us to implement multiple servers on a single machine and utilize hardware resources efficiently.

I have done multiple projects with ESXi. These include projects for organizations like Bank Islami, UPL Funds, AGP, Aligore and Co, IGI Insurance, IJLife, TPL Tracker, TPL Properties, TPL Insurance, and Edith University. My customers primarily operate in the insurance, medical, and banking sectors.

ESXi is a virtualization platform that allows multiple applications to run on the same physical hardware, reducing costs significantly by transforming physical servers into virtual environments. It is known for its stability and reliability, allowing seamless task execution by running directly on the hardware processor. 

Additionally, ESXi's integration with VMware vCenter offers centralized management. Features like high availability ensure VM migration to another host in case of host failure.

We are a partner and reseller of Hitachi and VMware. We offer support to existing customers who have already deployed VMware solutions. Our primary focus includes data center virtualization.

ESXi stands out for its simplicity in setup, management, and monitoring. Its deployment is straightforward, and no other solutions compare to VMware hypervisor in terms of these features. 

As a level one or bare metal hypervisor, its unmatched scalability depends on underlying hardware, capable of managing large numbers of physical servers with one management platform.

Primarily, it's a mature and stable solution compared to other hypervisors. Price-wise, it was okay until Broadcom took over. But customers are looking for stability, and it simply works.

The ease of use would be the first feature I like, then reliability. It's stable. It probably goes down, like, once in a very long time. So, in terms of the user experience, reliability, and stability, those would be my key takeaways.

A lot of AI features have been brought with version eight. Version seven didn't really have the AI integrations, so it's still an area we are assessing and testing, probably for the next year or so.

We used it to run production and development workloads. It is quite a stable product in comparison to alternatives like Hyper-V.

The best advantage is that it reduces the footprint in your data center. By utilizing virtualization and a highly optimized hypervisor, you can run more workloads and reduce the physical space needed in your data center.

We haven't encountered any limitations because we already have a vSphere license. When running VMs, people don't request excessive configurations. We haven't reached any limits regarding storage or memory, as customers don't demand such high-end services.

Our organization uses VMware ESXi for server management, specifically focusing on the ESXi and vMotion features. We use it because we have a lot of services that require server management, including financial and enterprise solutions. The use of VMware ESXi helps us support private and public sectors in our enterprise level organization.

VMware ESXi enables us to deliver services to customers more efficiently. It facilitates centralized monitoring and collaboration, and helps us manage our ERP system, which is integrated with our IT infrastructure. ESXi also aids in server management, allowing us to comply with customer standards and ensure operational efficiency.

ESXi is used to install multiple operating systems (OS) on a single server. It allows us to monitor these machines, view resource usage for each virtual machine, and adjust allocated resources like RAM, CPU, and hard disk. 

We can also easily back up these virtual machines. We use VMware vSphere to manage these virtual machines and Cisco UCS Manager to manage Cisco UCS servers.

The main function of ESXi is the ability to consolidate multiple machines onto a single server, saving space and energy. It also provides a single-user interface to monitor these machines and easily adjust resources or create backups as needed.

Integration Capabilities:

Integration within the VMware environment is not a problem. We can easily move a virtual machine from one ESXi host to another and back up a virtual machine to a different ESXi host.