A resilient (IT) business strategy
As a result of the takeover of VMware by Broadcom, the new pricing and product policy has raised many questions for VMware customers. According to estimates by the European Cloud Association, Broadcom's prices for VMware have increased up to 12-fold. The cloud association also points out that complex subscription models and reduced partner support also increase dependency.
These developments emphasise how important it is to integrate flexible and economically viable migration concepts for infrastructure-relevant software solutions into your IT strategy. In our opinion, a resilient corporate strategy also includes the ability to adapt to changing market conditions in the IT environment and to cushion potentially negative effects on your own company.
Professional support for the migration from VMware to Proxmox
Our partner Proxmox Solutions is one of the world's leading providers of virtualisation solutions. Proxmox VE describes its product Proxmox Virtual Environment as a complete open source platform for enterprise virtualisation. This allows you to clearly manage all VMs, containers, clusters, storage and networks as well as any number of ‘out-of-the-box’ tools.
Our partnership with Proxmox enables us to support you in the migration of your virtual machines with advice and implementation.
4 steps to migrate to Proxmox
These are the steps that make sense and are necessary for consideration and implementation:
- Analyse the current environment
- Purchase of support licences
- Installing the VMs
- Migration of VMs to Proxmox.
The advantages of a Proxmox migration are an increase in the resilience of the IT infrastructure as well as significant cost savings (up to 12 times cheaper than VMware) and greater cost transparency.
Conclusion
Not only infrastructure teams, but also solution providers are increasingly recognising the importance of alternatives to VMware.
Since the Broadcom takeover, some manufacturers have expanded their portfolio with Proxmox-compatible solutions. Backup manufacturer Veeam, for example, offers comprehensive backup solutions for Proxmox VE in order to increase its customers' data freedom. The concern that important functions could be compromised when migrating to Proxmox is therefore unfounded in most cases. The operating costs are also often more favourable, as has become apparent by now.
It is therefore always worth taking a look at the alternatives. After carefully weighing up the pros and cons, a migration decision can be made.
Sources
Broadcom drastically increases VMware prices after takeover: Customers in a quandary (German): https://www.mittelstand-nachrichten.de/verschiedenes/broadcom-erhoeht-vmware-preise-drastisch-nach-uebernahme/ (04.09.2024)
Further technical details on a Proxmox installation can be found in our guide: Installing Proxmox.
Do you have questions about VMware or Proxmox? We advise and provide both. Just get in touch with us.
Philip Röder, Key Account Manager & Business Development
Phone +49 162 4196789