Created about 1 month ago by Masaya
I know many companies are facing challenges after VMware was acquired by Broadcom. I want to understand what you all are doing and determine the best course of action we should take. Here are our current situation and thoughts: - They have switched the licensing model to a subscription, and when I compare the cost, it’s about ten times more expensive. - We explored Nutanix, but the estimated cost to implement a similar environment turned out to be significantly higher than simply paying Broadcom’s increased license fees. - So, we’re stuck. It seems our only choice is to pay the tenfold increase in licensing fees to Broadcom and continue with our VMware environment. At the moment, that appears to be the most cost-effective option—unless we venture into the unknown territory of Proxmox, Hyper-V, or other alternatives. - On top of that, Broadcom takes an excessive amount of time just to provide a single quotation, while the current support and warranty for our hardware are expiring soon. Are others experiencing similar challenges? What steps are you taking to address them?
Posted about 1 month ago by George
Hi there, We are facing the exact same situation. We also compared the estimated five-year spending on VMware versus Nutanix and concluded that, even though VMware is 10 times more expensive in terms of licensing fees, it is still cheaper overall than Nutanix. The only decision we have yet to make is whether to opt for a three-year or five-year subscription. Along the way, we might want to explore other alternatives, such as Proxmox or Hyper-V, as you mentioned, while we renew our current license and keep it running. Hopefully, others out there can share their findings on other good options.
Posted 28 days ago by George
When we spoke to our vendor, they mentioned that the five-year subscription does not guarantee that a newly purchased server can be used as our ESXi server for our cluster in the future. That is insane. Now I don't know what to do. I need to investigate further and may need to consider alternatives, such as a scaled-down version of Nutanix or Hyper-V.