vStorage VMFS Review - why 4.6 stars?

Shlomi Lavi / updated: Sep 09, 2019

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What is vStorage VMFS?

vStorage VMFS is visualization, configuration and performance management software for your business. vStorage was designed by VMware, Inc. headquartered in California, United States. It optimizes the resource allocation for virtual machines providing a centralized storage for them.

Who is it best for?

The software is suitable for all business sizes as long as visualization and performance management services are needed. Flexible feature set and modular approach makes it as useful for large enterprises as it is for small businesses.

The software has been deployed in a wide range of industries, most notably in education, energy, insurance, financial services, pharmaceuticals, retail and wholesale, and entertainment services. Customer base of the software is also varied and includes small companies as well as large organizations.

Some major customers include Acorda Therapeutics, Inc., ACP IT Solutions AG, California Polytechnic State University, Campbell Clinic Orthopaedics, DHDW Consulting LLC, and Dongbu Corporation etc.

Main features and functionalities

The software offers the modules of configuration, performance, and availability, in addition to reporting and security features and round the clock customer support service. Important configuration features of the software include capability management, disk backup and restore, dynamic resource allocation, dynamic memory allocation, and dynamic storage volume changes.

For enhanced visualization performance, features offered by the software include capacity shortage prediction, continuous resource allocation, memory compression and swapping, power management, and real time alerts. In the availability features, you have resource pool hierarchy, site recovery planning, user access levels, and booting from SAN.

The sole security feature of the software is compliance checking. For reporting of various kinds, the software offers the services of availability reports, capability reports, and performance reports. Round the clock customer support service is available via multiple online and offline channels.

What is the actual cost?

ITQlick pricing score is 4.6 out of 10 (10 is most expensive). Access ITQlick pricing guide for vStorage VMFS.

Pros

• The software supports Microsoft Clustering Services for virtual machine clustering.
• Running virtual machines can be migrated among different servers without any disruption of services.
• Dynamic allocation of resources allows you to allocate the resource while the service is still running.
• Virtual machines on different physical servers can be synchronized to work in collaboration.
• All virtual machines state can be stored in a single location in order to simplify the provisioning process.

Cons

• vStorage VMFS does not offer the configuration features of dependency mapping, physical to virtual conversion, and patch management.
• In the performance module, we don’t have any services for customizable alerting and virtual desktop monitoring.
• There are no features for real time alerts and real time capability monitoring on the software.
• Availability features of vStorage VMFS do not include live storage migration and maintenance mode.
• There are reporting services and tools for configuration change reports and recommended purchase reports.

How it stacks up?

Access a head to head analysis of vStorage VMFS vs alternative software solutions.

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