Tywèle [she|her]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 5 months agoCompany claims 1,000 percent price hike drove it from VMware to open source rivalarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1217arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1210arrow-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 · 5 months agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/32641679 Cloud provider moved most of its 20,000 VMs off VMware.
minus-squareThe Hobbyist@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up11·5 months 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-up7·5 months 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-down1·5 months agoI wasn’t involved in the tender, so I don’t know who initially applied and what were the specifics.
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.