V2 Cloud vs. VMware vSphere

We got a quote from a local IT company that was out of our budget. The local IT company even recommended a different setup because they said that a virtual server is too expensive for a start-up company. However, we knew we wanted to be on the cloud and have a virtual setup. We found out about V2 through another business owner who was happy with the service. The prices with V2 are very reasonable, it was easy to set up and add users, and it's been working well for us.

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vSphere is well suited for multiple VMWare hosts and can be very useful in larger enterprises where vMotion is used to load balance and failover running virtual machines. In smaller businesses with one or two hosts then the features can be overkill. The addition of virtual TPM support is a very nice addition to provide vm security in a more Microsoft supported methodology.

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• Excellent after sales customer service.
• Ease of uploading and populating the virtual desktop.
• A solution that allows us to focus on what we do best and takes care of the back end.

• Taking Snapshots of VMs and roll back to the previous state when faced with a problem.
• Template creation - Once you have that perfect template you can easily create new VMs. Very useful feature.
• VMotion - Being able to perform live migrations of a virtual machine from one physical server to another, without any downtime.

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• Had issues with iOS application for connecting to the VM; however, I prefer using remote desktop connection

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• Allow enable EVC without requiring host shutdown
• More detail in recent tasks. Instead of just showing a task called "Reconfigure virtual machine" also have a link to more detailed information as to what was reconfigured, changed or removed.
• Allow searching tasks or events

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We are constantly looking for change that will benefit our company. We are not ones to stick with a product simply because it is what we know, but rather looking for what fits us best. We can't imagine another product on the market today doing a better job of handling our infrastructure than vSphere.

This is a well-refined product. I like that it was extremely easy to provision and set up. The price is very competitive and also does not have a bandwidth limit, which is really awesome. Once connected, it is like you are using any normal desktop computer.

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Very useful for environments where space and energy consumption are issues and management is not very keen on upfront spending on hardware every time whenever requirement comes from any dept for provisioning a machine for their occasional use, easily can be done in case of VMware vSphere in few clicks. Backup, security, monitoring and management everything is covered but at additional cost.

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Excellent support; they are available 24/7 and you will get a response within minutes

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I rarely ever have to contact support and when I do need to resolve an issue, there is always an abundance of kb articles and research information available that can help quickly resolve the issue. Depending on the type of support contract you have, you may get support from some offshore group in another country and this could be a little challenging because of the language barrier.

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Just make sure that when you implement, that the person implementing truly knows what they are doing and has a plan of action coming in. Since our initial implementation using a consulting service, I have implemented a few vSphere just from what I learned at the initial implementation and use over time, and the person implementing really needs to know what they are doing or you will miss out on features that may help you down the line

V2 is user friendly and easy to manage.

vSphere provides more control over the Virtualization environment.

It allows users to have great management User Interface with lots of dynamic features.

VM creation.

Perform vMotion.

Network Management.

Datastore Mangement.

Cluster Management.

Schedule tasks.

Affinity and anti-affinity rules.

Easy to upgrade.

Backup the configuration data which can be restore after a disaster.

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• Increased productivity
• Ease of use
• Mobility
• Professionalism

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• Having vSphere helped my business quickly recover from a ransomware attack which would have crippled us for weeks if we were not virtualized. I think the ROI on something like that is immeasurable.
• vSphere has allowed my company to purchase bigger server hardware to host 3 or 4 virtual servers, which was at a cost much lower than buying 3 or 4 server hardware boxes, saving us thousands each time we need to upgrade hardware.

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