Comments on: Broadcom VMware Ends Free VMware vSphere Hypervisor Closing an Era https://www.servethehome.com/broadcom-vmware-ends-free-vmware-vsphere-hypervisor-closing-an-era/ Server and Workstation Reviews Sun, 10 Mar 2024 07:51:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Aleksandar https://www.servethehome.com/broadcom-vmware-ends-free-vmware-vsphere-hypervisor-closing-an-era/#comment-529625 Sun, 10 Mar 2024 07:51:12 +0000 https://www.servethehome.com/?p=76133#comment-529625 Glad that I have switched from ESXi free to the Essentials bundle for my single host homelab (which unfortunately I also use for some activities related to my dad’s real estate agency businesses, which makes it impossible to go VMUG but also the business is making waaaaaaay to little money to justify paying several thousands of Euro a year for licensing VMware) back in May 2023 and that I went with 3 years SaS – gives me some time to figure out which way to go.
But unless Broadcom/VMware ends up offering some commercial useable subscription for considerable less than 1000 Euro a year (my current Essentials bundle was “only” 800 Euro incl. 3 years SaS) I guess I will have to migrate my homelab to Linux KVM.

]]> By: Claus https://www.servethehome.com/broadcom-vmware-ends-free-vmware-vsphere-hypervisor-closing-an-era/#comment-525071 Wed, 21 Feb 2024 13:57:36 +0000 https://www.servethehome.com/?p=76133#comment-525071 @Scott – well no more updates, no more downloads. so whatever you have now. keep the iso somewhere safe.

]]> By: Scott https://www.servethehome.com/broadcom-vmware-ends-free-vmware-vsphere-hypervisor-closing-an-era/#comment-524759 Tue, 20 Feb 2024 05:19:42 +0000 https://www.servethehome.com/?p=76133#comment-524759 Does the mean already installed Esxi free versions will go unlicensed? I don’t see a clear answer anywhere.

]]> By: Pavel https://www.servethehome.com/broadcom-vmware-ends-free-vmware-vsphere-hypervisor-closing-an-era/#comment-524122 Sat, 17 Feb 2024 23:38:36 +0000 https://www.servethehome.com/?p=76133#comment-524122 I’m in the VMware “world” from around 2007. Last weeks are the last for me with VMware. Broadcom is simply greedy, company that I work for has hundreds of server rooms across the world. We are constantly refreshing some HW/SW but the current license pricing is crazy. Newest quotes are 4x to 10x the previous ones. There are intensive discussions but we will be moving to another product. At those prices it is hundreds of millions of dollars, and our shareholders would not be happy.

]]> By: Laapsaap https://www.servethehome.com/broadcom-vmware-ends-free-vmware-vsphere-hypervisor-closing-an-era/#comment-524047 Sat, 17 Feb 2024 15:20:58 +0000 https://www.servethehome.com/?p=76133#comment-524047 I think this isn’t a really smart move, in the world of kubernetes and containers, VMware had advantages with VM’s. It’s easy to use.

Now this will just push more people into cloud and kubernetes. Whatever you do on VMware you can do elsewhere, if licensing costs is higher than the investment of migrating. What is the business model here?

They are definitely not competing with mainframes… Don’t think people use mainframes because it’s innovative…

They should be competing with kubernetes.

]]> By: Jamy https://www.servethehome.com/broadcom-vmware-ends-free-vmware-vsphere-hypervisor-closing-an-era/#comment-523495 Thu, 15 Feb 2024 19:29:11 +0000 https://www.servethehome.com/?p=76133#comment-523495 I’ve been pretty happy with XCP-NG. It is very stable and has a lot of enterprise features since it is forked from XenSenver.

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