it_user271026

System Administrator at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees
Has 10+ Years Of Experience

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User Activity

Over 10 years ago

Answered a question: VMware ESXi or VMware Workstation?

In production environment I don't have any doubt, ESXi, the workstation works on top of Microsoft Windows.

Over 10 years ago

Answered a question: When evaluating Server Virtualization Software, what aspect do you think is the most important to look for?

Performance, Reliability and Support.

Over 10 years ago

Commented on We've used it to move 80% of our servers to a virtual environment, but it lacks a good built-in backup feature.

For virtual infrastructure Veeam is a good choice.

Over 10 years ago

Commented on We've used it to move 80% of our servers to a virtual environment, but it lacks a good built-in backup feature.

Snapshot and backup is totally different things, yes VMWare have backup module but it is not reliable at all.

Over 10 years ago

Commented on We've used it to move 80% of our servers to a virtual environment, but it lacks a good built-in backup feature.

But they have a solution with in, but not efficient enough, it is bad, why don't they remove it from their product and let others take care of it, when you are doing something do it perfectly otherwise don't do.

Over 10 years ago

Commented on VMware Horizon View Feature Pack 1 Test Drive

Waiting to see the improvement.

Over 10 years ago

Contributed a review of VMware vSphere: We've used it to move 80% of our servers to a virtual environment, but it lacks a good built-in backup feature.

Over 10 years ago

Commented on Exponentially easier to manage servers, but plan for more storage than you think.

I do agree, you need minimum of 25 to 30 % extra storage.

Over 10 years ago

Contributed a review of Horizon 8: We've been able to remove 70% of the desktops from our classrooms and onto VDI, but the VM management console should be improved.

Almost 11 years ago

Contributed a review of Veeam Data Platform: It's easy to restore from a backup and, as it's an OS-aware solution, I can also recover deleted objects to Active Directory.

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VMware Server, IBM Storwize V7000, IBM DS5100, IBM Pureflex, IBM Bladecenter

Reviews

Over 10 years ago

VMware vSphere

We've used it to move 80% of our servers to a virtual environment, but it lacks a good built-in backup feature.

Over 10 years ago

Horizon 8

We've been able to remove 70% of the desktops from our classrooms and onto VDI, but the VM management console should be improved.

Almost 11 years ago

Veeam Data Platform

It's easy to restore from a backup and, as it's an OS-aware solution, I can also recover deleted objects to Active Directory.

Answers

Over 10 years ago