Comments on: Was Greene Kicked to the Curb or What? http://toutvirtual.com/blogs/2008/08/15/was-greene-kicked-to-the-curb-or-what/ Best Practices Guide to Virtualization - From Getting Started with Virtualization to Advanced Strategic Virtualization Concepts Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:37:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Schorschi http://toutvirtual.com/blogs/2008/08/15/was-greene-kicked-to-the-curb-or-what/comment-page-1/#comment-16719 Schorschi Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:20:31 +0000 http://toutvirtual.com/blogs/2008/08/15/was-greene-kicked-to-the-curb-or-what/#comment-16719 Hummm. For only two servers, I would consider Virtual Center over kill, regardless of the standard versus enterprise. But before we call the decision made, what specific features are you using now? What specific features are you expecting in Virtual Center that you find interesting or would use? Virtual Center opens many doors, but if never plan to walk through any of them, it does not make sense to open them at all right? I have a technique I use with clients... sit down with 5 pieces of paper, on the first page/paper, write down as a list, all the things you do with VMware standard server. On the second page/paper write down all the things you want to do that you can not do today, but could if you had Virtual Center. Then, based on priority, on the 3rd page/paper, write down the items on the first page/paper that you just can not live without, do the same with the 2nd page/paper. So you now have first page - the stuff you do, the second page - the stuff you want to do, 3rd page the stuff you do today you must continue to do, the 4th page the stuff you must do in the future. Now on the last page, the 5th, write down all the stuff from the 3rd and 4th pages, and assign value to them, an estimated cost for things you don't do, and an estimated savings for the stuff you do today. What is the final balance? If it a greater expense than your savings, you have a reason to consider Virtual Center, if it is a savings, then you have a reason not to purchase Virtual Center. The purpose of this exercise is to not justify Virtual Center expense per se, but to force you to objectively analysis your needs versus your wants based on your current and future environment for virtualization. Hummm. For only two servers, I would consider Virtual Center over kill, regardless of the standard versus enterprise. But before we call the decision made, what specific features are you using now? What specific features are you expecting in Virtual Center that you find interesting or would use? Virtual Center opens many doors, but if never plan to walk through any of them, it does not make sense to open them at all right? I have a technique I use with clients… sit down with 5 pieces of paper, on the first page/paper, write down as a list, all the things you do with VMware standard server. On the second page/paper write down all the things you want to do that you can not do today, but could if you had Virtual Center. Then, based on priority, on the 3rd page/paper, write down the items on the first page/paper that you just can not live without, do the same with the 2nd page/paper. So you now have first page – the stuff you do, the second page – the stuff you want to do, 3rd page the stuff you do today you must continue to do, the 4th page the stuff you must do in the future. Now on the last page, the 5th, write down all the stuff from the 3rd and 4th pages, and assign value to them, an estimated cost for things you don’t do, and an estimated savings for the stuff you do today. What is the final balance? If it a greater expense than your savings, you have a reason to consider Virtual Center, if it is a savings, then you have a reason not to purchase Virtual Center. The purpose of this exercise is to not justify Virtual Center expense per se, but to force you to objectively analysis your needs versus your wants based on your current and future environment for virtualization.

]]> By: shankyrhodes http://toutvirtual.com/blogs/2008/08/15/was-greene-kicked-to-the-curb-or-what/comment-page-1/#comment-16551 shankyrhodes Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:21:53 +0000 http://toutvirtual.com/blogs/2008/08/15/was-greene-kicked-to-the-curb-or-what/#comment-16551 Hi, we are considering to buy a VMware Virtual Center. We have two servers running VMware Standard edition. Do you believe it will be worth it? Or do we have to upgrade our VMware licenses to Enterprise before upgrading virtual center to make it worth it. I had just read the following article <a href="http://www.virtualizationteam.com/virtualization-vmware/vmware-virtual-server-virtualization-vmware/virtualcenter-for-vm-ware-server-real-value.html" rel="nofollow"> VMware virtual center real value </a> Hi,

we are considering to buy a VMware Virtual Center.
We have two servers running VMware Standard edition.
Do you believe it will be worth it? Or do we have to
upgrade our VMware licenses to Enterprise before upgrading
virtual center to make it worth it. I had just read the
following article
VMware virtual center real value

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