Comments on: Help Evaluating VMware Virtual Machine Backup Options http://vmetc.com/2009/11/27/help-evaluating-vmware-virtual-machine-backup-options/ Go Green with Virtualization. Go UGLY Green with vmetc.com. Tue, 17 Apr 2012 03:50:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: AusUsr http://vmetc.com/2009/11/27/help-evaluating-vmware-virtual-machine-backup-options/comment-page-1/#comment-5867 AusUsr Tue, 01 Mar 2011 03:38:00 +0000 http://vmetc.com/?p=5133#comment-5867 This is great....but can we have it updated? The versions mentioned are now out of date. This is great….but can we have it updated? The versions mentioned are now out of date.

]]> By: uberVU - social comments http://vmetc.com/2009/11/27/help-evaluating-vmware-virtual-machine-backup-options/comment-page-1/#comment-3899 uberVU - social comments Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:36:49 +0000 http://vmetc.com/?p=5133#comment-3899 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by rbrambley: vmetc.com: Help Evaluating VMware Virtual Machine Backup Options: It has to be the most common question for those i... http://bit.ly/6k32bq... Social comments and analytics for this post…

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]]> By: rbrambley http://vmetc.com/2009/11/27/help-evaluating-vmware-virtual-machine-backup-options/comment-page-1/#comment-3637 rbrambley Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:47:20 +0000 http://vmetc.com/?p=5133#comment-3637 Tom,<br><br>Price/budget do make a difference! Thanks for your insights and <br>experiencess with esXPress.<br><br>Sent from my iPod Tom,

Price/budget do make a difference! Thanks for your insights and
experiencess with esXPress.

Sent from my iPod

]]> By: tom12010 http://vmetc.com/2009/11/27/help-evaluating-vmware-virtual-machine-backup-options/comment-page-1/#comment-3636 tom12010 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:37:44 +0000 http://vmetc.com/?p=5133#comment-3636 Hi, $.02 here...<br>We bought esXpress in 2007 for two reasons: 1) per-host licensing; 2) they were the only company to give us a reasonable non-profit discount. <br><br>I don't know if now having got bigger they would do #2 again. Support has been very good so far. <br><br>Renewals are not totally unreasonable, we upgraded to Enterprise last year before renewing to have some future savings. <br><br>Speed could be better but there's probably ways I can improve that. <br><br>The text-based frontend is actually BETTER than a GUI because it is faster and you can do everything off the keyboard and it is really actually a well-designed text GUI. They are however bowing to people's preferences for a graphical GUI and are moving more functions into the GUI. <br><br>I have also been told that the 4.x release will be out before year-end and I believe 4.x will also support ESXi as well as ESX. Veeam and the others all charge per-CPU, which IMNSHO is more expensive. We will also use vDR as well. Price is a big issue for SMBs, and price often outweighs features. Hi, $.02 here…
We bought esXpress in 2007 for two reasons: 1) per-host licensing; 2) they were the only company to give us a reasonable non-profit discount.

I don't know if now having got bigger they would do #2 again. Support has been very good so far.

Renewals are not totally unreasonable, we upgraded to Enterprise last year before renewing to have some future savings.

Speed could be better but there's probably ways I can improve that.

The text-based frontend is actually BETTER than a GUI because it is faster and you can do everything off the keyboard and it is really actually a well-designed text GUI. They are however bowing to people's preferences for a graphical GUI and are moving more functions into the GUI.

I have also been told that the 4.x release will be out before year-end and I believe 4.x will also support ESXi as well as ESX. Veeam and the others all charge per-CPU, which IMNSHO is more expensive. We will also use vDR as well. Price is a big issue for SMBs, and price often outweighs features.

]]> By: rbrambley http://vmetc.com/2009/11/27/help-evaluating-vmware-virtual-machine-backup-options/comment-page-1/#comment-3549 rbrambley Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:47:20 +0000 http://vmetc.com/?p=5133#comment-3549 Tom,<br><br>Price/budget do make a difference! Thanks for your insights and <br>experiencess with esXPress.<br><br>Sent from my iPod Tom,

Price/budget do make a difference! Thanks for your insights and
experiencess with esXPress.

Sent from my iPod

]]> By: tom12010 http://vmetc.com/2009/11/27/help-evaluating-vmware-virtual-machine-backup-options/comment-page-1/#comment-3548 tom12010 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:37:44 +0000 http://vmetc.com/?p=5133#comment-3548 Hi, $.02 here...<br>We bought esXpress in 2007 for two reasons: 1) per-host licensing; 2) they were the only company to give us a reasonable non-profit discount. <br><br>I don't know if now having got bigger they would do #2 again. Support has been very good so far. <br><br>Renewals are not totally unreasonable, we upgraded to Enterprise last year before renewing to have some future savings. <br><br>Speed could be better but there's probably ways I can improve that. <br><br>The text-based frontend is actually BETTER than a GUI because it is faster and you can do everything off the keyboard and it is really actually a well-designed text GUI. They are however bowing to people's preferences for a graphical GUI and are moving more functions into the GUI. <br><br>I have also been told that the 4.x release will be out before year-end and I believe 4.x will also support ESXi as well as ESX. Veeam and the others all charge per-CPU, which IMNSHO is more expensive. We will also use vDR as well. Price is a big issue for SMBs, and price often outweighs features. Hi, $.02 here…
We bought esXpress in 2007 for two reasons: 1) per-host licensing; 2) they were the only company to give us a reasonable non-profit discount.

I don't know if now having got bigger they would do #2 again. Support has been very good so far.

Renewals are not totally unreasonable, we upgraded to Enterprise last year before renewing to have some future savings.

Speed could be better but there's probably ways I can improve that.

The text-based frontend is actually BETTER than a GUI because it is faster and you can do everything off the keyboard and it is really actually a well-designed text GUI. They are however bowing to people's preferences for a graphical GUI and are moving more functions into the GUI.

I have also been told that the 4.x release will be out before year-end and I believe 4.x will also support ESXi as well as ESX. Veeam and the others all charge per-CPU, which IMNSHO is more expensive. We will also use vDR as well. Price is a big issue for SMBs, and price often outweighs features.

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