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VMware Cloud Foundation on IBM Cloud vs. VMware vSOM (discontinued)

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    VMware Cloud Foundation on IBM Cloud

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AVMware Cloud Foundation on IBM Cloud brings together VMware vSphere, vSAN, and NSX into a natively-integrated stack of virtual compute, virtual storage, and virtual networking built upon IBM Bluemix bare metal servers.N/A

    VMware vSOM (discontinued)

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AVSOM from VMware was a solution that delivered vSphere server virtualization, and also added capacity management and performance monitoring features. It is discontinued as of February 2019. Users were migrated to VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus and VMware vRealize Operations Standard.N/A
    Pricing
    VMware Cloud Foundation on IBM CloudVMware vSOM (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    VMware Cloud Foundation on IBM CloudVMware vSOM (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    VMware Cloud Foundation on IBM CloudVMware vSOM (discontinued)
    Server Virtualization
    Comparison of Server Virtualization features of VMware Cloud Foundation on IBM Cloud and VMware vSOM (discontinued)
    Feature
    VMware Cloud Foundation on IBM Cloud
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    10% above category average
    VMware vSOM (discontinued)
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Virtual machine automated provisioning9.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Management console9.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Live virtual machine backup9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Live virtual machine migration9.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Hypervisor-level security9.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    VMware Cloud Foundation on IBM CloudVMware vSOM (discontinued)
    Small Businesses
    Proxmox VE
    Score9 out of 10
    Proxmox VE
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    Medium-sized Companies
    VMware vSOM (discontinued)
    Score10 out of 10
    Proxmox VE
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    VMware Workstation Pro
    Score8.2 out of 10
    VMware Workstation Pro
    Score8.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    VMware Cloud Foundation on IBM CloudVMware vSOM (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    VMware Cloud Foundation on IBM CloudVMware vSOM (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    Multiple capabilities that VMware Cloud Foundation on IBM Cloud provides are excellent and very much involved in secure data migration and management, easy to monitor server performance and the virtual capability is on top and the data analytics using the platform are provided in real-time and the reports are the most useful, especially on the critical situations within the business development.
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    Discontinued Products
    Vsphere Operation Management is suitable for automating the process of bringing up an alternate data center in case of a disaster. It also is a great way for testing your readiness of disaster. You have the ability to bring up a server in a "bubble" for testing. This way you can show your admins how the failover process will work.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    IBM
    • Dashboard understanding is easy.
    • The ability to handle big data.
    • Data extraction tools are very active.
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    Discontinued Products
    • The best thing about VSOM is that it's built into VCenter so you only have one point of administration
    • VSOM does a great job of making applications intuitive
    • Re-IPing virtual machines are a must and VSOM does a great job of making this a simple process
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    IBM
    • Only setting the advanced functionalities.
    • The basic knowledge can not full manipulate the platform.
    • To create reports for big data is sometime very turf.
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    Discontinued Products
    • The installation of VSOM is very tedious
    • It uses an MS SQL database
    • It should be able to adjust for hardware modifications in VCenter
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
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    Discontinued Products
    vSphere with Operations Management has a much better way of automating the re-IPing of servers so you can stand them up in a different environment or location. You do, however, need another way of replicating your servers to your DR site, VSOM will not do that. We used EMC Recover Point for replication.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • Live virtual capability are excellent.
    • Great tool for the huge volume of data management and migration.
    • Data accessibility is faster and the analytical capability is amazing.
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    Discontinued Products
    • In the case of a disaster, the ROI would be substantial.
    • The license for VSOM is pretty expensive initially.
    • Support for VSOM is terrific.
    Incentivized
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