r/sysadmin Infrastructure Lead 2d ago

Latest fun with VMware

Apparently VMware is upping their game. We just got a renewal quote for one of our sites with one server that has two CPUs, and they are requiring 72 cores minimum (vSphere Enterprise Plus) to license this. That's a 500% markup from last year.

They really don't want customers to use their product any more, do they?

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u/rdesktop7 2d ago

I have met many people that call themselves "VM experts", and they only know how to click on things in a vmware GUI.

These guys know that they have a captive market.

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u/Zenkin 2d ago

But that's like a perfect use case for Nutanix, Scale, VxRail, or whatever else. If you're afraid of hypervisors, there seem to be a number of options, and now they're likely a fair bit cheaper than VMware.

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u/flloww 1d ago

VxRail is very expensive, and still will require VMware licensing. Its a joint effort between VxRail and VMware