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"Our customers find the efficiency of TerraScale valuable."

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"The most valuable feature is the integration with the firewall.""Their technical support is very good. They help us figure out solutions when we have problems.""The microsegmentation allows me to sleep at night. My job is reducing risk, plugging security holes, and working with the automated layer security. Even if somebody spins up a new server, it has to have a tag in NSX.""It does have capabilities of micro-segmenting a network, being able to create smaller segments of various types of applications separated by various tiers.""Any administrator with basic networking knowledge, in a couple of days, can be in full control of their networking without going through a networking engineer.""The Distributed firewall is simple to add to the network and rules are easy to implement.""You can easily integrate this with other VMware products. It is a robust solution.""The most valuable features are the micro-segmentation and integrated security options."

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"Cost is a primary factor of TerraScale."

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"I would rate NSX's stability eight out of ten - there's room for improvement.""They could do more with cloud management.""The price could be better. The non-enterprise version of the product should also be improved. I would like VMware to expand beyond the network and provide some VLAN technologies and more. I think we have one, but it's more on the distribution side because it's more on the upper side of the network. I'm looking forward to that.""In the next release, they should enhance the visual interface. With NSX-T, it's difficult to communicate between the public cloud and the container.""Occasionally the licensing is not very clear. They should make it easier to understand.""It's a good product, but the way that it has got so many multiple levels that need to be purchased makes it expensive and cumbersome.""The solution is only sold as part of a bundle and not as an individual product.""In the future, the solution should be compliant with internet NIC."

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  • "Pricing and licensing could be improved as we are a government entity. Lower pricing could always help."
  • "We haven't had to hire a dedicated network engineer because NSX handles 90 percent of it. The reduced overhead in terms of managing networks has been the biggest plus."
  • "We have saved man-hours and decreased our security exposure."
  • "We can't go without NSX, so it's invaluable from this perspective."
  • "The solution is very expensive."
  • "The licensing fees are expensive and we pay on a yearly basis."
  • "It is an expensive product, but cheaper than some competing solutions."
  • "The price of this product is too high."
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    Overview
    Force10 TeraScale E-Series leverages a unique three CPU architecture that distributes switching, routing and management functionalities between three distinct processors, ensuring that an attack on one function does not impact the rest of the system. Additionally, by providing separate data and control planes, the TeraScale E-Series also allows network managers to always access the system, even under attack. And with advanced rate limiting algorithms, the TeraScale E-Series is able to prevent traffic floods that could cripple the system.

    VMware NSX is a full-stack network and security virtualization platform that enables the virtual cloud network. NSX provides a software-defined process for networking that expands throughout cloud frameworks, data centers, and application structures. Users can join and secure applications within their container and multi-cloud infrastructure and their data center. With robust automated provisioning, the platform offers dynamic flexibility and scalability without compromising on network speed or agility.

    VMware NSX recreates the whole software network model so that users can create and deliver apps quickly and securely. Users can customize security policies and leverage IDS/IPS to block against lateral threats. These security policies can be managed throughout private and public clouds from one pane of glass, no matter where your applications run. By consolidating networking and security tasks into a unified platform, users can save up to one-third of their budget.

    VMware NSX Use Cases

    VMware NSX brings the operational model of a virtual machine to users’ data center networks and revolutionizes the foundations of network and security operations. There are a number of use cases, including:

    • Containers - Similar to VMs, users can offer unified, full-stack networking and security for microservices and containerized apps. This includes the ability to micro-segment, use container networking for Kubernetes, and offers complete visibility for microservices.
    • App Delivery - Users can deliver infrastructure as code while also accelerating app delivery with blueprints that can automate the management of security and networking resources.
    • Security - With zero-trust security in public and private cloud environments, users can reduce attacks, lock down critical apps, and design a logical DMZ in software.
    • Load Balancing - Users can update their data centers from legacy load balancers to software load balancers and SDN automation, creating savings of over 50%.
    • Multi-Cloud - Expand networking across clouds and streamline multi-cloud operations with multi-cloud use cases, including rapid workload mobility, seamless data center extension, and multi-DC pooling.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Through a policy-driven approach, VMware NSX provides VMware technologies to assist with network and security visualization in a unified solution. Users particularly like the distributed firewall and the management dashboard.

    Kolawole O., a systems engineer at a tech services company, writes, "NSX's stand-out function is the distributed firewall. The firewall system is just top-notch, and I haven't seen another solution like it."

    A head of business development and partners management at a comms service provider notes, "I really like the management dashboard, the tailor-made assurance, the telemetry, and the ease of integration with all other solutions of VMware, such as vSphere."

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    DavCo Restaurants Inc., Massage Envy, MakeMyTrip.com
    City of Avondale, Lumeta, Kroll Ontrack, Heartland Payment Systems, Baystate Heallth, Exostar, Tribune Media, iGATE, NTT Communications, Synergent, California Natural Resources Agency, Bloomington Public Schools, Columbia Sportswear, Join Experience S.A, Schuberg Philis
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    Computer Software Company24%
    Financial Services Firm18%
    Retailer10%
    Manufacturing Company8%
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    Computer Software Company15%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Government10%
    Manufacturing Company8%
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    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise55%
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    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise65%
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    TeraScale [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Data Center Networking while VMware NSX is ranked 2nd in Network Virtualization with 93 reviews. TeraScale [EOL] is rated 0.0, while VMware NSX is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of TeraScale [EOL] writes "Technology is good but the price is the only factor". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware NSX writes "Works well and allows us to do micro-segmentation and create policy rules". TeraScale [EOL] is most compared with Juniper QFX Series Switches, whereas VMware NSX is most compared with Nutanix Flow Network Security, Cisco ACI, Illumio, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation and Cisco Secure Workload.

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