Simple to set up, manage, and integrate it with tools you’re already familiar (vCenter, vClient) with.
It also gives us a policy-based storage on a per-VM level.
Also if you can apply redundancies to machines, they’re all different.
Simple to set up, manage, and integrate it with tools you’re already familiar (vCenter, vClient) with.
It also gives us a policy-based storage on a per-VM level.
Also if you can apply redundancies to machines, they’re all different.
Some difficulty finding compatible hardware, but if you follow the HCL provided by VMware. and make sure you're buying the correct nodes, storage devices, and SSD’s that are all supported, then it’s a stable product. Even if you have problems, it's still only one phonecall.
It supports up to 64 nodes so huge scalability.
As a VMware customer for many years, sometimes it takes a few calls, but they have some brilliant people who can solve difficult technical problems.
It loses points because it lacks lots of performance and deduplication abilities that competitors have.