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VMware Software Defined Data Center Primary Use Case

Naveen Malkani - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect, Consultant and Corporate Trainer at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

We are working for VMware Data Center, major NSX and Data Center only.

We use VMware Software Defined Data Center for internal applications where we have hosted many applications. It is basically a broker platform for trading. For application development, we need many servers, so we are hosting those servers on VMware Software Defined Data Center. Although it is software-defined, it is not fully managed by software. It is not fully orchestrated due to cost and skills limitations of the customer, though the entire data center is ready for orchestration.

If you put vRealize automation, then it will be a complete software-defined data center. The complete infrastructure is on virtualization, defined by software, and partially managed by VMware vCenter with basic automation such as HA automatically moving between machines. Because it is a broker platform, they don't want extensive automation. They want to maintain some control because they generally do DC drills, which is a time-taking process that needs to be scheduled. This is a limitation in the present scenario of automations because sometimes customers don't want full automation, they prefer semi-automated solutions.

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Shahab Al Yamin Chawdhury - PeerSpot reviewer
CISO at Circle FinTech Ltd

We rely on VMware's Software Defined Data Center as the core of our regional server setup, managing computing, storage, and networking centrally.

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IT manager at University of Milan

We connect the solution to Windows Server or a Linux server for backup.

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AhmedGhani - PeerSpot reviewer
Iinfrastructure Architect at Ministry Of Justice

We use VMware Software Defined Data Center to compute virtual private cloud storage environments.

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AANKITGUPTAA - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at Pi DATACENTERS

Our primary use case is we deploy on a traditional physical server. We completely move our workload to the virtual machine and then we have physical servers. We move some of our physical workloads to virtual machines. And with the help of vSphere and NSX-T, we create VMware Software-Defined Data Centers.

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CF
Manager at Vitesco

We are using the solution to manage the OEMs and credit profiles and utilize different features from ESX, such as VMotion and vSphere.

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Erez Batish - PeerSpot reviewer
Advisory Specialist SE - HCI, CI and Cloud Platforms for Central and Eastern Europe at Dell EMC

Our clients are using this solution for different types of workloads, VDI, DevOps, containers, etc. They are using its latest version.

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BS
IT Supervisor at APM Terminals, Inc.

We primarily used the solution at first for business applications, then it as the port operator. We use it for the management of shipping containers, so we have a primary data center and secondary data center. 

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MI
CEO at MCA Soluciones

We are using it to install several versions of virtual machines so that we can fit the needs of any user internally.

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BA
IT Infrastructure Strategy, Tranformation, & DC Operations, Data Science at KFMC

Server virtualization is the primary use case.

There were a few reasons we went with VMware virtualization:

  • There were exponential demands from the business for servers, databases, applications, and quick availability. 
  • Lack of data center facilities. 
  • Time to setup, configure, and install the servers. 
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MZ
Datacenter TeamLeader at Crystal Neworks Egypt

My company is an integrator and we provide solutions such as VMware Software Defined Data Center for our customers.

Our customers use this solution to implement their own data centers using virtualization. It can be deployed on-premises or in the cloud. They deploy their network virtualization, cloud management, and then the provisioning is done automatically.

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SA
Techincal Sales Manager at ENTAP TECHNOLOGIES LTD

We are a system integrator and this is one of the solutions that we provide to our customers.

I have experience with using this solution in both cloud-based and on-premises deployments.

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DD
Senior System Engineer at Clinique Pasteur

We use this solution to host all of the programs that we need. We have about four hundred VMs that we use for our applications.

We have an on-premises deployment.

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reviewer1206975 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Administrator at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

We are using all of the virtualization technology.

Our primary use case is infrastructure as a service (IaaS).

For some clients, we provide backup as a service. In this case, we back up their on-premises data to the cloud.

We are using the cloud deployment model.

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IT Architect at Poste Italiane

We started the project using this solution about three years ago, and we are now in production.

We primarily use this solution for automation.

We have an on-premises deployment.

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it_user994173 - PeerSpot reviewer
Pre-sales Consultant at Beta Information Technology

We are a system integration company and this is one of the solutions that we provide to our clients.

One of our clients in the Health Care field is in the process of modernizing their data center using this solution. It will be replacing a lot of different products from different vendors that all have different levels of support. Currently, a large team is required to maintain the data center because it contains legacy technology, and the management of everything is very tough.

This solution helps customers to utilize existing hardware and perform this type of migration in steps, replacing hardware devices one by one. It helps us to scale up and scale-out. We can decommission an old server and add a new one, but we don't have to decommission everything all at once. With some customization, we can utilize the existing resources.

There are different deployment models, including both public cloud and private cloud.

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Hatim Ali - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We use this solution to help centralize our office.

We have two Data Centers. One of them is for our DR and the other is for production. This is an on-premises deployment.

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RS
Solution Architect at Extreme Network Engineering

We use this solution for public-private partnership healthcare projects (hospitals).

Our environment includes Dell PowerEdge Servers, Arista Networks Data Center Ethernet Switches, Coraid SRX Block Storage SAN, GeNUA Security Appliances, Xirrus Wi-Fi Arrays, Mushroom Networks BBNA SD-WAN, and MobileNets.

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AR
IT Specialist at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

I use this in an enterprise and as a service provider for the banking industry in Paraguay.

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VMware Software Defined Data Center
September 2025
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