I have been talking with several service providers over the past 2 years around Broadcom. These conversations have shifted over the past few months. The initial conversations were around the price increase and change of functionality, but more recently around partners being kicked out of the program and no longer able to transact with Broadcom. This shift has forced service providers to reconsider how they would provide services to their customers and what options are out there.
I compare this to trying to get into fishing. You could just show up at the lake without any information and just start casting lures or live bait, but you have no plan on what fish species are in the lake, what depth you are at, is there any cover on the bottom. Although you could catch fish this way, your chances are more based on luck. The other option is to use technology to help you be more successful, things like a fish finder, live scope, lake maps with topographical detail, information on what fish species are in the lake, and you can talk to other people who fish the lake regularly. I know in the service provider business, providers see each other as competition and that is true, however they are also in the same situation and may have information that may help in the decision-making process. I have helped a few providers connect and talk about their experiences and testing of various hypervisors so they can make a more informed decision.
My goal is to help you by being the fish finder and guy fishing the lake to help guide you on the Hypervisor decision. I will be putting together a blog series to touch on a few of the hypervisor choices based on conversations, my research and testing, and Veeam features. This is not a comprehensive list and should not be the only information you use to pick what is best for your business. I hope you find this helpful as you look at the options available, and maybe you will see that the best option may be to use multiple hypervisors based on various use cases. The series will touch on Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, Proxmox VE, Scale Hypercore, OpenStack and variants, and Openshift.
So be on the watch for each of these posts coming in the next week and I would love comments and feedback to continue this conversation.
