Tywèle [she|her]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 23 days agoCompany claims 1,000 percent price hike drove it from VMware to open source rivalarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1216arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1209arrow-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 · 23 days 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-up35·edit-223 days 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-squareThe Hobbyist@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up11·23 days 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-up7·23 days 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-up5arrow-down1·23 days agoI wasn’t involved in the tender, so I don’t know who initially applied and what were the specifics.
minus-squareEvotech@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·23 days agoIsn’t nutanix licensed the same way more or less?
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.
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.
Isn’t nutanix licensed the same way more or less?