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VMware Cloud Foundation
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An enterprise solution that helps to set up new environments
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
VMware Cloud Foundation makes it easy to set up new environments. You get hosts in a pool, which you can build into a new cluster.
What needs improvement?
The tool's price tag is high.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the product for seven years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate the product's stability a ten out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I rate the tool's scalability a ten out of ten.
How are customer service and support?
VMware Cloud Foundation's tech support is amazing.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
I rate VMware Cloud Foundation deployment a seven out of ten.
What was our ROI?
You get what you pay for.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I rate the tool's pricing a seven out of ten.
What other advice do I have?
We have enterprise customers for the product. I rate it an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Has an easy deployment process and good stability
What is most valuable?
The product provides an ease of deployment. We can refer to the guide for a procedure to check all the prerequisites. Later, it gets implemented seamlessly.
What needs improvement?
The platform needs improvement in terms of troubleshooting. They could send a hint or an error message faster when the system fails or encounters an issue.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using VMware Cloud Foundation for two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The product has good stability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is a scalable platform. We have more than 200 VMware Cloud Foundation users. We might plan to increase the number of users in the next two to three years.
How are customer service and support?
The technical support team is very responsive and capable of resolving technical issues.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We used OpenShift before. We switched to VMware Cloud Foundation as it is more user-friendly, easy, and provides efficient support. RedHat is an open-source product; thus, getting support services is challenging. Whereas VMware provides premium support services.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is straightforward. It takes less than five days to complete the process.
What about the implementation team?
We took help from a VMware consultant to install the product.
What was our ROI?
We have yet to receive a 100% ROI from the product. It may take one or two more years to recover the investment fully.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
VMware Cloud Foundation is expensive compared to OpenShift.
What other advice do I have?
I recommend VMware Cloud Foundation and rate it an eight out of ten.
Seamless infrastructure transformation with advanced migration support
What is our primary use case?
Our customers use the VMware Cloud Formation as an alternative to other public cloud services such as Azure or Amazon Web Services. It provides them with an additional option for their data analytics and business intelligence needs.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature is the ease of migrating from on-premises infrastructure when transitioning away from older systems.
What needs improvement?
It is currently undergoing continuous development and transformation in various aspects. These enhancements include not only migration technology but also infrastructure and automation technology. Working on features that could include the capability to migrate workflows from non-VMware environments would be highly beneficial.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with it for two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
In terms of stability, there are still some challenges. These challenges arise during the migration process from on-premises setups to VMware Cloud Foundation. We've encountered certain issues and bugs in this transition, and we've had to involve the vendor to assist in troubleshooting these specific problems. It's important to clarify that these concerns pertain to the migration and onboarding of customers from on-premise locations to VMware Cloud Foundation, rather than the stability of the infrastructure itself. I would rate it seven out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
There are around five hundred administrators currently working on it, so it is quite scalable. It is suitable for businesses of various sizes, including small, medium, and enterprise-level operations. I would rate it eight out of ten.
How are customer service and support?
I found the technical support to be excellent. I would rate it nine out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The pricing is moderate. I would rate it six out of ten.
What other advice do I have?
This product is well-suited for refreshing and migrating workflows from legacy vendor environments to the new infrastructure. It excels in supporting migration processes. I would rate it eight out of ten.
Scalable solution with efficient automated functionalities
What is our primary use case?
We use the solution for automated deployment and infrastructure maintenance features.
What is most valuable?
The solution's most valuable feature is automatic configuration and password management.
What needs improvement?
They should integrate the solution with Azure VMware Solution within the SDDC manager.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for three and a half years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is very stable. It releases updates at regular intervals. Our customers are still running the VCF environment we deployed three years ago.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is scalable. We can deploy it to any architecture size.
How are customer service and support?
We contacted the solution's technical support team when we encountered errors while deploying one of its versions. Their services are good, but sometimes the ticket takes time to process.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
The solution's deployment generally takes several months because of design discussions. It requires one data engineer, one networking engineer, and a few executives from the vendor's technical support team to execute the process. Also, from an operational perspective, it requires two to three executives to maintain it.
What other advice do I have?
I advise others not to keep a limited design approach toward the solution. They shouldn't just deploy it to manage Microsoft virtualization alone. It supports various solutions, including NXP, for automatic functioning.
I rate it a nine out of ten.