vCloud Air Reviews

Saurabh Chandratre

Director Solutions Architect - EMEA at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Jan 19 2018

With the VPC, you can run your workloads in an active state, use it for development work and for hosting SQL/Exchange Servers in IaaS; RaaS/DaaS for DR activities.

What is most valuable?

All three components of the vCloud Air are equally valuable and important, i.e., IaaS, DaaS and RaaS. I like the Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) offering compared to the… more»

How has it helped my organization?

The projects that I have delivered on vCloud Air have definitely helped clients in having a full DR solution in cloud, for their head office as well as for the remote… more»

What needs improvement?

* I feel the user interface/portal can be improved further. I did experience timeout issues and the UI was performing slowly at times. * Multiple recovery of VMs in the… more»

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It depends on the client's requirements and the scope of the project. You have to highlight the pros and cons for both the VPC and the vCloud Air Dedicated Cloud packages… more»

If you previously used a different solution, which one did you use and why did you switch?

I have not used another cloud platform other than the vCloud Air. However, I have done integration of the AWS, vCloud Air and the on-prem infrastructure for a client, who… more»

What other advice do I have?

- Make the most of Role-based User Account Management. - Plan for Performance - Keep it cost effective IaaS – vCloud Air * Create a plan for VLAN/routing and firewall… more»

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

There were a couple of options considered such as the AWS and Azure. Because clients were familiar with vSphere and found it user-friendly, we selected this solution. It… more»

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What is vCloud Air?

vCloud Air is a public cloud platform built on the trusted foundation of vSphere, compatible with your on-premises data center, that includes infrastructure, disaster recovery, and various applications as service offerings. vCloud Air allows you to extend your workloads into the cloud with ease. You can migrate existing onsite virtual machines (VMs) to the public cloud or start up new application VMs directly in the cloud.

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Lumeta, LifeSite, Clear Tec Solutions, National Physician Services, Queens University of Charlotte, California Natural Resources Agency, Pacific Disaster Center, Seventy Seven Energy Inc., Columbia Sportswear , CSS Corp