[Info-vax] VMware

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 12/9/2019 10:24 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 12/9/2019 7:42 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 12/9/2019 5:33 PM, clair.grant at vmssoftware.com wrote:
>>> The big thing for the people I talk with is that VMS is different.
>>> The HW cost is certainly a big factor but even more important is that
>>> these people already run dozens, if not hundreds, of VMware guests.
>>
>> Or thousands.
>>
>> Or maybe even tens of thousands if they are big.
>>
>>> They want VMS to be in there, too, possibly in many guests. The
>>> message is always the same, don't be different if you want to stay
>>> around.
>>
>> Being different means extra cost.

> I've mostly been a firm believer in the two rules of dealing with 
> customers:
> 
> 1) The customer is always right
> 2) When the customer is wrong, refer to rule #1
> 
> So giving customers what they want is smart business.

Yep.

> But, I have to ask, how do they run all those instances.  It seems to me 
> that it would be an operations nightmare.

If the applications are not creating problems then it is not bad.

Advanced monitoring and management tools easy the burden significantly.

And that is one thing one get for what one is paying VMWare.

The VM to ops person ratio is pretty high today. For on premise
probably in the upper half of 3 digit.

Arne