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VMware Software Defined Data Center pros and cons

Vendor: Broadcom
4.3 out of 5

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PROS

VMware Software Defined Data Center offers strong support and important features like MPLS with the H-Appliance.
Bare Metal Ethernet SAN has dramatically improved performance, stability, and reliability.
SDDC Manager is a valuable feature for managing VMware hosts and offers integration through a single pane of glass.
The platform provides high stability and ease of virtual machine deployment and management.
Higher availability and flexibility are ensured through features like DRS and automated dynamic allocation handled by VMware.

CONS

Storage utilization needs improvement and lacks aesthetics.
vSAN stability is a major concern; frequent issues arise.
vRealize Log Insight is insufficiently developed for advanced tasks.
Frequent interface changes lead to compatibility and learning issues.
Broadcom acquisition creates uncertainty around VMware's future.
 

VMware Software Defined Data Center Pros review quotes

it_user730167 - PeerSpot reviewer
Analyst at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees
Sep 3, 2017
It's really valuable because we're expanding our server environment constantly and it helps us manage that effectively.
it_user730176 - PeerSpot reviewer
VIP of Infrastructure Engineering at MindSHIFT
Sep 3, 2017
VMware allows us to virtualize very well, orchestrate and automate, which reduces operating expenses and lets us get far more use out of the hardware we buy in our datacenters, reducing electrical costs and increasing the space we can rent out to customers.
it_user730218 - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Architect at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Sep 3, 2017
Overall it's the simplicity, they make things very, very simple and the most complex aspects of a datacenter are simplified down and extracted.
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SeniorVM2aef - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior VMware Engineer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Sep 3, 2017
We chose VMware for the value, and for what we were doing, it was the simplest, most efficient way of deploying the services.
it_user730248 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Analyst 2
Sep 3, 2017
Technical support for VMware is excellent.
it_user730299 - PeerSpot reviewer
Architect at Farmers insurance
Sep 3, 2017
Things that used to take a real long time to do with compute are much faster with virtualization.
it_user730326 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions architect at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 3, 2017
Scalability is one of the core foundations of this software-defined solution, as you're able to easily define all of these things from a software perspective and can plug in these pieces at a moment's notice, making it easy to scale the environment based on the policies that are created.
it_user730332 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Solution Engineer at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Sep 3, 2017
Scalability is a big factor of the whole thing, so that's the whole point of consolidating hardware beta center and the footprint is what they are looking for.
it_user730449 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Sep 3, 2017
The virtual networking and being able to make changes on the fly without having to deal with physical cabling is easy to use and easy to connect, and it seems to be more simple than some of the other products out there.
it_user730467 - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Engineer
Sep 3, 2017
Automation, using features like NSX, lets you automatically create new networks and simplifies the process greatly.
 

VMware Software Defined Data Center Cons review quotes

it_user730167 - PeerSpot reviewer
Analyst at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees
Sep 3, 2017
Upgrading from previous versions is tricky, especially when you have an environment that spans over five operating systems, and we're using various types of hardware.
it_user730176 - PeerSpot reviewer
VIP of Infrastructure Engineering at MindSHIFT
Sep 3, 2017
vRealize Operations Manager is a really good product, but it's a bear to manage.
it_user730218 - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Architect at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Sep 3, 2017
This is one area where I would say they need to continue to improve because unfortunately, as time has gone on, technical support has become more along the lines of: "Have you followed our knowledge base articles online?"
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SeniorVM2aef - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior VMware Engineer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Sep 3, 2017
Maturity of the features they've released just now.
it_user730248 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Analyst 2
Sep 3, 2017
I would like to see the vSphere Client to have more options as opposed to the web client.
it_user730299 - PeerSpot reviewer
Architect at Farmers insurance
Sep 3, 2017
The biggest operational change I'd like to see them do with vSAN is to change the actual underlying way the storage is done, so that every node and every disc in the cluster equally participates in all reads and writes.
it_user730326 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions architect at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 3, 2017
There are still a lot of pieces that they're working through bugs because it's a new technology.
it_user730332 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Solution Engineer at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Sep 3, 2017
Maybe, by just incorporating encryption and making it cheaper are some of the improvements needed.
it_user730449 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Sep 3, 2017
Possibly iBGP. It is just not clear to me yet.
it_user730467 - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Engineer
Sep 3, 2017
A lower price. It's a fairly polished solution, but there are some things that are a bit clunky still.