IBM Turbonomic Reviews

• Visibility: Prior to using Turbonomic, we had absolutely no insight into which resources our applications were utilizing.
• Automation: I have a small number of IT staff and the automation provides a number of huge benefits. The operational tasks are handled by Turbonomic which dramatically reduces the burden on my team, freeing up their time to concentrate on improving the IT infrastructure as opposed to reactive ‘fire-fighting’. The VMs are correctly spec’d to the workload’s demands (with no user impact and performance degradation) circumventing any chances of human error.
• Plans: We were able to visibly see the future deployments and the impact that it would have on the existing environment.

Due to the VMs being correctly sized, we had an instant increase in the resources and saw an immediate CapEx saving, as we were in the process of purchasing new equipment.

The current Flash user interface is sometimes slow, but the new HTML5 interface is already in development.

I have used this solution for two years.

There were no stability issues.

There were no scal issues.

The setup was very easy. Deployed the OVA, assigned a static IP and linked it to our hypervisors. Saw recommendations to improve our infrastructure within minutes.

The pricing and licensing are fair.

We evaluated CloudPhysics. We experienced issues due to the fact that it is a Cloud SaaS solution and faced bandwidth challenges, which resulted in the product being unusable.

Immediate ROI was seen due to the reduced IT infrastructure CapEx.

I highly recommend deploying Turbonomic prior to purchasing any hardware.

Planning a projection and right sizing capabilities

Used it during a ESX host refresh project to calculate how many hosts we would need to accommodate our growing production environment over the next 2 years. We reduced from 20 ESX hosts to 8 large hosts saving on VMware licensing costs as well as server hardware maintenance

Reports could be more versatile.

Since Dec 2016

No

No

No

Fantastic! 10/10. Engineers are responsive and very knowledgeable

No

Straightforward

Through our Business Partners. They learnt as they went but did a good job overall

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Great product and we use it extensively, from setting up VMturbo to load balance our VM's across a cluster, implementing right sizing recommendations, policy rules, memory/storage and CPU trends and plans for future projections in order to determine how we can reduce our hardware and licensing footprints.

We really take advantage of the PLAN feature, as forecasting and planning resources is imperative for effective and efficient operations management. Our fiscal responsibility considerations are key and important.

As we project growth and expansion, we have to consider high availability and redundancy. We also have to consider business continuity and keeping track of current and future assets. Those items are really key to this program.

We would like additional insight into our virtual environment, which increases the credibility and integrity of the systems we manage and administer.

We've been using the product for three years.

Our deployment was seamless.

We haven't experienced any stability issues.

We have been able to scale and use the product without any interruptions.

In our experience, we've had excellent Account Managers. Our questions have been researched and responded to in a timely fashion.

I would give technical support a rating of 9/10. They have been very responsive.

We did not use a solution before this.

We pretty much set up the product from the documentation provided. This was originally one of the few products we researched that was a single virtual appliance.

We implemented in-house

I couldn't give a dollar amount, but this has increased the credibility of our virtual environment.

If you compare other solutions, you'll witness the value of the product.

We evaluated VFoglight.

It's been a great fit for our organization.

Dashboards for critical servers. When there is an issue, we can get to critical data quickly. Much faster than using vCenter.

We are able to focus in on the actual problem faster.

I have found the interface not to be intuitive. Hopefully this will be addressed in the future.

About one year.

No.

No.

No.

Excellent.

Excellent.

No.

Yes.

In-house implementation.

I can't say. I am an engineer, not in management.

n/a

n/a

Go with it!

The automation has been great. We had some VMs running slow due to high IO on their LUNs, and Turbonomic automatically moved them to correct the problem. Our server performance has been much improved. As the environment changes, Turbonomic adjusts and keeps everything running smooth.

Response times have been improved on many of our servers.

We've had the solution a few months.

We allowed our DRS rules to be used for Turbonomic, but didn't have one of the rules selected as active in VMware. All we had to do was click a check box to fix the issue.

No

No

Customer service is excellent.

Technical support was very helpful.

No

It was a straightforward setup.

We implemented it in-house.

We're still working on allowing more automation. Our ROI is constantly improving.

No

The extra training we purchased was worth it. We learned a lot about how to use the product and get the most out of it.

The most common features we use are the reports for VM performance and the planning tools. We use the planning tools to right-size hardware purchases when replacing old hardware. It takes the guess work out of switching hardware platforms.

It has reduced our hardware costs by allowing us to purchase only the necessary resources instead of over purchasing out of caution.

The automated resize of VMs requires caution. Make sure you properly configure this feature before it is enabled.

It's been a while. About five years.

No.

No.

No.

Wonderful. They have strong technical support that is very willing to dig into problems.

Wonderful. They have strong technical support that is very willing to dig into problems.

DRS Scheduling/automation. Reporting.

Allowing Turbonomic to take over for vCenter DRS has shown a marked decrease in vMotion of virtual machines to keep our cluster resources balanced.

The interface could use some work to improve overall usability.

Three years.

No.

No.

No.

Excellent!

Excellent!

No.

Very straightforward.

In-house team.

No.

Yes.

I would like to see support for VMware NSX included.

The ability to utilize simple graphs to cost-justify the addition of new equipment and resources is extremely helpful, and goes beyond what is provided in other solutions.

Automatic migration of VMs keeps our workloads balanced at an efficient level.

The "consumer and producer" model Turbonomic is based off of can be a bit difficult to understand in the beginning. Continued awareness of the "Green Circle" portal for training and tips will always be useful.

2 years

Deployment and upgrading is simple and reliable.

Customer service always responds quickly, and is knowledgeable and thorough.

The automation piece is one of the most valuable features. It has allowed us to focus less on optimizing VM workloads. Custom dashboard has also been helpful with upper-level management.

Turbonomics is DRS on steroids. Our clusters have been perfectly balanced.

VM level granularity on some of the automation actions such as adding memory/CPU. That would allow an admin to schedule the exact time for the specific action for any given VM.

We have had this solution running since mid 2016.

No.

No.

No.

Customer service is fantastic.

Five stars.

Nothing else in the market can compare.

Initial setup was very simple. Deploy a simple OVA, give it an IP and sufficient rights, and voila.

We implemented in-house.

TBD.

Not sure.

N/A

I like the dashboard. I don't have to search around or create reports for issues or items I should be looking at it. It all just comes to the front.

It continually gives me a solid look at my virtualization environment. It gives me a second set of eyes on our VMs.

The UI is a little dated. I'm not a huge fan of the fact it runs on flash. Something HTML5 based would be nice.

About one year.

A little. We run AHV (Acropolis Hypervisor by Nutanix) as our hypervisor, and it took a little tweaking to get it to recognize everything. However, support was great, and we quickly figured it out.

None.

None.

Support has been great, both technical and sales.

Tech support has been great.

No, we did not. Previously, on vSphere, we just used what we could get out of vCenter.

Straightforward. It was just a virtual appliance.

It was just in-house combined with support from sales/tech support.

We haven't calculated it, but I can tell you that it's something we've relied on and must have saved us money, if only in time not having to go look for the information this tool provides.

It was reasonable. Also, they've been very forgiving on the trail end of things, as we only bought licensing for our "new" infrastructure, but monitored the whole (old and new) throughout our transition.

None.