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VMWare is Back And It Looks Like the Old VMWare

17 points| jesusmrv | 13 years ago |jrodthoughts.com | reply

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[+] wilhil|13 years ago|reply
Well... I just hope it gets cheaper and/or licensing becomes easier.

At work, among our infrastructure are just two servers that I really want to get FT working on... the foundation packs don't seem to cover FT, so, it is a jump up to two server licenses + 1 VCenter license at over 10k in total!

There is such a jump from their starter kits to the full thing if you just want a couple of features!

...Don't even get me started on their USD <> GBP exchange rate! - http://i.imgur.com/KWOHH.png

Looking in to Hyper-V right now...

[+] b0|13 years ago|reply
New VMware is probably more expensive than old vmware and it's expensive enough already. Every portrayed advantage of virtualisation is not cost effective when you have to pay their extortionate prices. Xen/KVM and HyperV have a serious advantage.

For ref, I currently have to babysit a large vsphere installation (44 hosts) and it's a money pit.

[+] rondon1|13 years ago|reply
It is worth the price if you need the features. If Running a few VMs on a server there is no reason to pay 6k for vSphere.
[+] jesusmrv|13 years ago|reply
You are right! I think democratizing virtualization and lowering prices has to be at the top of their priority list.
[+] Miademora|13 years ago|reply
If Vmware would offer Softwareraid with esx(i) i will consider it for my customers
[+] ebtalley|13 years ago|reply
consider biting the bullet and buying a 300 dollar adaptec card. It makes your life infinitely easier than trying to monkey with LSI/ soft raid.