VMware ESXi Reviews

I use the solution in my company for virtualization.

The most valuable features of the solution are its high availability and resource scheduling areas.

Recently, the tool's licensing model has become complicated, making it an area where improvements are required.

The tool's downtime is an area of concern where improvements are required.

The solution's technical support team's response time has to be a bit faster.

I have been using VMware ESXi for five years.

There is some downtime with the tool. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.

Though I don't have any experience with the scalability part of the product, I can rate it as an eight out of ten.

The product is suitable for small, medium, and large companies.

I rate the technical support a seven out of ten.

Neutral

The product's initial setup phase is somewhere in between being an easy and difficult process. The product's initial setup phase is difficult, but one can manage to set it up.

The solution is deployed on an on-premises model.

The solution can be deployed in a couple of days.

For the deployment phase, my company received support from Dell, who used to own the solution.

The product helps our company save time.

I rate the product price as one on a scale of one to ten, where one is high price and ten is low price.

The product has improved the overall performance of my company.

I can recommend the product to others who plan to use it.

I rate the tool an eight out of ten.

We use the product as a virtual infrastructure to hold applications. 

The main features of VMware that are most effective for managing virtual environments include creating and managing both Windows and Linux virtual machines. 

Using VMware ESXi for server management significantly simplifies the process. Traditionally, procuring physical servers was necessary, but now, we can create virtual machines on VMware ESXi based on our requirements. As long as resources are available, we can create as many virtual machines as needed.

This is particularly useful for deploying applications that require additional resources, as we no longer need physical servers. Instead, we create virtual machines using VMware and host the applications on those servers. This approach allows for quick deployment.

The solution's pricing could be improved. It has become expensive after the Broadcom acquisition. 

I have been using the solution for more than three years. 

I rate VMware ESXi's stability an eight out of ten. 

Our organization has around 250 virtual machines running on VMware ESXi. The system can accommodate more, depending on our number of clusters. From the IT administration side, we have about ten system administrators who manage and interact with the tool's interface to resolve any issues.

We have contacted tech support. They provide good support, but due to our policy, we usually rely on vendor support. After deploying the solution for more than three years, it has worked properly, and we haven't needed to request much support from the vendor side.

You need a professional to assist with the deployment. 

I rate the overall solution a ten out of ten. You should use it to start exploring the virtualized environment. 

I work with a company that distributes software from GE HealthCare, and we need the virtualization platform in our deployment.

The software from GE Healthcare only needs the basic virtualization functions, such as creating VMs, adjusting the resources allocated to the VMs, making backups, restoring, etc.

The solution’s licensing model could be improved.

I have been using VMware ESXi for three years.

Around 50 people are using the solution in our organization. We plan to refresh the hardware of the product we're selling on top of the virtualization platform every three to five years. After that, we will return to the customer and offer them bigger hardware. We're assuming that their requirement will already have increased by that time.

When we needed technical support, it was bundled with Dell servers. The distributors of Dell provided technical support for us. The support was good and responsive. We got our problems solved within a few days.

We are considering hyper-converged solutions like Sangfor and Proxmox for primarily high availability as an alternative to VMware ESXi.

Our team had years of experience in other virtualization platforms, such as Proxmox, Virtuozzo, and OpenVZ. I've got a lot of experience with those products. The initial setup was very straightforward since the concepts of VMware ESXi are the same as those products.

The software we're distributing on top of VMware ESXi is a bit complex. It's for a healthcare institution, and it takes around one month to install, configure, test, and work with the end users.

Since Broadcom's acquisition, the solution's price has been adjusted, and perpetual licenses are no longer offered.

We only have a few administrators in our company. We usually train the customer's administrators in our deployment. So far, we usually get support from our reseller or distributor whenever we need patches. I would recommend the solution to other users if their requirements match the features offered by the tool and if their budget allows it.

Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.

People typically use VMware ESXi to consolidate their IT environment. They're moving away from having single virtual machines on physical servers and want to consolidate their IT infrastructure.

In my opinion, the most helpful features in VMware ESXi are vMotion and storage vMotion. Customers really like these features, which allow us to perform IT downtime activities without shutting down the physical server.

The solution needs to improve its patching process. 

I have been working with the product for ten years. 

I rate the tool's stability a six out of ten. 

I don't think the solution is scalable unless it's running from the storage layer. However, it is scalable and can run many virtual machines on one physical host. That's one way to look at it. I'd rate its scalability as a seven on a scale of one to ten, with one being low and ten being high.

Deployment takes 15-30 minutes to complete. 

The solution is expensive. 

I rate the product's ease of integration a seven out of ten. I rate the overall solution a seven out of ten. 

We use VMware ESXi for virtualization. ESXi is a hypervisor that runs virtual machines, providing the foundation for a virtualized infrastructure. It plays a crucial role in virtualization in data center operations, including server and network virtualization with NSX. Additionally, it supports software-defined data centers with vSAN.

VMware includes several security features that can be enabled, such as disabling the default administrator account and implementing strict access control policies. We have a set of restrictions and features that we can enable to enhance protection.

VMware is lightweight software. It consumes a few hundred MB for installation and has an easy-to-manage interface. Socialization is the most valuable feature. It is the configuration parameters available in the ESXi user interface. There are different parameters available. You can customize each of them and deploy a VM according to whatever specifications you want.

Pricing could be improved.

I have been using VMware ESXi for five years.

The solution is scalable. You can add a significant number of servers to your infrastructure. 

The technical support does provide the support.

Positive

The initial setup is straightforward and takes 30 minutes to complete. There are no issues with the new installations. There were issues with older or outdated versions, which are less relevant today. Our digital version encountered problems with a few servers randomly rebooting and failing to load properly. Upon investigation, those issues were due to corrupt files. These file corruption issues occur in obsolete versions of ESXi.

One responsible person can handle the deployment process.

Maintenance is very easy. You need to have regular backups, and the remaining is the hardware, which we need to monitor. We also check for hardware errors and events in the environment. In the customer environment, a single person will maintain the solution.

We are not using any remote deployment tools or provisioning servers. We follow three common practices. Our use case involves a limited number of servers, typically three or four. Our provisioning strategy involves installing ESXi on the servers using a DVD or a USB drive. Once the installation is complete, the server will obtain a DHCP IP address, and we can access the user interface using this IP address. We can configure the storage datastore. Once the datastore is configured, we are ready to create virtual machines.

I recommend the solution. Nothing needs to be considered because this does not have a dependency or needs hardware. They need to purchase supported hardware, and VMware is very supportive of most of the servers on the market.

Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten. 

We use the solution for virtualization in production environments.

The most valuable features are disaster recovery and vMotion. Those are the most important ones. Moreover, integrating ESI with ID Workflow is quite easy.

Since the product is being acquired by Broadcom, the pricing strategy could be improved.

I have been using the solution for the past 15 years.

The product is highly stable. I rate it a nine out of ten.

The solution is highly scalable. I rate it a nine out of ten.

The initial setup is straightforward.

The solution is priced on the higher side.

We have also worked with OpenShift. It is a competitor to VMware ESXi.

I recommend the product. It’s good and is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses. Overall, I rate this product an eight out of ten.

We use VMware ESXi as a server virtualization tool. The tool is more compatible with the VDA environment.

VMware ESXi is a user-friendly solution that is easy to install and supports third-party applications and software.

I have been using VMware ESXi for more than five years.

We haven’t faced any issues with the solution’s stability.

VMware ESXi is a scalable solution. We support multiple vendor clients, and each site has multiple users depending on the environment. An average server starts with a minimum of three nodes and can grow to a maximum of 50 to 100 servers.

The solution's initial setup is very easy and can be done in five to ten steps. It's a very easy setup, and everyone can learn to install the solution.

It takes 10 to 15 minutes to deploy the solution.

The solution meets our organization's compliance and data protection requirements by releasing vulnerability patches every two to three months, which provides more security in our environment. Maintaining the tool is not very difficult.

VMware ESXi is easier to handle than other products and not very complex. I would recommend the solution to other users.

Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

My customers are satisfied with the solution’s performance.

The solution’s pricing could be reduced.

I have been using VMware ESXi for one year.

My customers are using VMware ESXi. The solution's price has increased since Broadcom bought VMware ESXi, and that's why customers are moving to another solution. I have researched Proxmox, but we are also researching the use of the monitoring tool Datadog.

Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.