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I was a VMware VCP5 several years ago and sold/installed many datacenter virtualization solutions and VDI deployments. A solid cloud offering would have been gr

I was a VMware VCP5 several years ago and sold/installed many datacenter virtualization solutions and VDI deployments. A solid cloud offering would have been great for the ones that didn't have the dedicated server room and staff to handle the hardware and upkeep, or wanted to be able to scale easier.

darrmit 6y ago
Ditto on the VCP5 - both Datacenter and Cloud. It has been interesting to watch VMware evolve from hypervisor to software-defined and now on to this partnership with Google - really smart move to battle Microsoft.
ethbro 6y ago
Worked in a related field, where I interfaced with a lot of enterprise VMware VDI teams. ... to put it delicately, why do corporate VDI management teams always have such terrible ops practices? I have literally never run into one that even does things like proactive utilization and response time monitoring.
- mysterydip 6y ago
  I think for similar reasons that backups and regular server maintenance languishes: "it's working, I don't need to do anything." until something goes wrong. Then they're multiple versions out of date, or have no backup, or have half their VM's showing awful performance then wonder where things went wrong.
  - tyingq 6y ago
    Apathetic engineers is often the problem. Just as often, though, they aren't given the people, tools, or budget. Non tech companies see tech refresh and upkeep as a pool from which to steal people or dollars for other stuff. Until something breaks in a way that it hurts the business.
    - mysterydip 6y ago
      Agreed, apathy often comes from above, resulting in no budget or priority for engineers who do see the writing on the wall.
- acdha 6y ago
  I think it’s usually due to those being seen as a cost with low expectations. As long as people can work, they’ll be low-priority and they almost certainly don’t have competitive salaries or career paths to keep top people.

darrmit 6y ago

Ditto on the VCP5 - both Datacenter and Cloud. It has been interesting to watch VMware evolve from hypervisor to software-defined and now on to this partnership with Google - really smart move to battle Microsoft.

ethbro 6y ago

Worked in a related field, where I interfaced with a lot of enterprise VMware VDI teams. ... to put it delicately, why do corporate VDI management teams always have such terrible ops practices? I have literally never run into one that even does things like proactive utilization and response time monitoring.

mysterydip 6y ago
I think for similar reasons that backups and regular server maintenance languishes: "it's working, I don't need to do anything." until something goes wrong. Then they're multiple versions out of date, or have no backup, or have half their VM's showing awful performance then wonder where things went wrong.
- tyingq 6y ago
  Apathetic engineers is often the problem. Just as often, though, they aren't given the people, tools, or budget. Non tech companies see tech refresh and upkeep as a pool from which to steal people or dollars for other stuff. Until something breaks in a way that it hurts the business.
  - mysterydip 6y ago
    Agreed, apathy often comes from above, resulting in no budget or priority for engineers who do see the writing on the wall.
acdha 6y ago
I think it’s usually due to those being seen as a cost with low expectations. As long as people can work, they’ll be low-priority and they almost certainly don’t have competitive salaries or career paths to keep top people.