Tywèle [she|her]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 19 hours agoCompany claims 1,000 percent price hike drove it from VMware to open source rivalarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1189arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1184arrow-down1external-linkCompany claims 1,000 percent price hike drove it from VMware to open source rivalarstechnica.comTywèle [she|her]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 19 hours agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/32641679 Cloud provider moved most of its 20,000 VMs off VMware.
minus-squarem-p{3}@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up32·edit-219 hours agoWe were a medium-sized VMware client, roughly 4000 VMs. We’re almost done migrating to Nutanix. Sadly not open source, but less money towards Broadcom is a good thing overall.
minus-squareEvotech@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·12 hours agoIsn’t nutanix licensed the same way more or less?
minus-squareThe Hobbyist@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up10·19 hours agoThanks for sharing your experience. Was XCP-ng considered as a migration target? Would you have some feedback to share on what made it unsuitable for you? Thank you! They have a special migration tool from VMWare: https://docs.xcp-ng.org/installation/migrate-to-xcp-ng/#-from-vmware
minus-squarecircuscritic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·15 hours agoI can almost assure you, it was not considered. Nutanix is a mature platform, but more importantly, they’re a mature vendor, which means support contracts with SLAs.
minus-squarem-p{3}@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·15 hours agoI wasn’t involved in the tender, so I don’t know who initially applied and what were the specifics.
We were a medium-sized VMware client, roughly 4000 VMs. We’re almost done migrating to Nutanix.
Sadly not open source, but less money towards Broadcom is a good thing overall.
Isn’t nutanix licensed the same way more or less?
Thanks for sharing your experience. Was XCP-ng considered as a migration target? Would you have some feedback to share on what made it unsuitable for you? Thank you!
They have a special migration tool from VMWare: https://docs.xcp-ng.org/installation/migrate-to-xcp-ng/#-from-vmware
I can almost assure you, it was not considered.
Nutanix is a mature platform, but more importantly, they’re a mature vendor, which means support contracts with SLAs.
I wasn’t involved in the tender, so I don’t know who initially applied and what were the specifics.