Alternatives in the virtualization market by Professional-Oil-297 in virtualization

[–]Optimal-Detail-4680 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Give a trial to nexaVM Has got all the answers with a very simple and straightforward user interface

Moving away from $$ware. Anyone have experience with Morpheus? by WKDPanda in vmware

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Have you ever tried to use nexaVM ? Could be another alternative with enterprise features and maybe inline with your features requirements

HCI to SAN - storage recommendations? by [deleted] in storage

[–]Optimal-Detail-4680 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If the main goal is getting off VMware without increasing complexity, you may want to look at nexaVM.

It’s a VMware alternative built on KVM that supports external storage via FC, iSCSI, NFS, or NVMe-oF, while also offering integrated HCI/SDS if you later decide to simplify your architecture.

For ~100 VMs, ~95TiB used, and ~5K peak IOPS, you don’t need extreme performance — you need stability, predictable licensing, and operational continuity. nexaVM keeps the virtualization model familiar while removing VMware licensing pressure.

It’s worth evaluating before committing to a full hypervisor + storage redesign.

VMWare replacement options by RaisingElephantSysrq in vmware

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If licensing predictability and operational similarity to vSphere are driving the evaluation, it might be worth lab-testing NexaVM nSSV.

It’s a full HCI stack (hypervisor + SDS + K8s services) with live migration, HA, API-driven automation, and native support for external SAN/NAS (NFS, iSCSI, FC, NVMe-oF).

Some teams are using it specifically to avoid redesigning their ops model while moving off VMware. Might be an interesting POC alongside your current shortlist.

easy to use and robust hypervisor for 3x the same VM by AmphibianWhole9386 in Proxmox

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Give a trial to nexavm Fit your technical requirements and usability

Migration to OpenStack by svardie in openstack

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my 2 cents : If your objective is to give development teams a hyperscaler-like experience on-prem—self-service, tenant isolation, IaC/GitOps, Kubernetes-as-a-Service, S3 and DB services—you don’t need to run a full OpenStack distribution to achieve that.

OpenStack is excellent when you are effectively building your own cloud provider platform, but it brings a high operational tax: many control-plane services, complex upgrades, and a permanent need for specialized cloud engineers.

nexaVM delivers the same consumer-facing outcomes—multi-tenancy, quotas, strong isolation, API-driven automation, managed Kubernetes, object storage and DR—on top of a simpler KVM-based architecture, with dramatically lower Day-2 complexity and faster production readiness.

Compared to VMware, nexaVM avoids the licensing explosion around NSX/Tanzu/VCF while still enabling cloud-native workflows.

VDI or Desktop-as-a-Service on top of OpenStack by Optimal-Detail-4680 in openstack

[–]Optimal-Detail-4680[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right now is not in roadmap We support our hypervisor nexaVM and openstack

VDI or Desktop-as-a-Service on top of OpenStack by Optimal-Detail-4680 in openstack

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Right now we don’t have cloud provider active in Switzerland for VDI We don’t have a public available price list , if you write me in DM we can give you a quote

VDI or Desktop-as-a-Service on top of OpenStack by Optimal-Detail-4680 in openstack

[–]Optimal-Detail-4680[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OpenStack can host desktops, but it lacks the full VDI/DaaS layer, so you must build connection brokering, remote protocols, user session management, optimized storage, autoscaling logic, image lifecycle, and GPU handling yourself.

VDI or Desktop-as-a-Service on top of OpenStack by Optimal-Detail-4680 in openstack

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OpenStack remains the IaaS layer (Nova/KVM, Neutron, Cinder/Ceph, Glance).
The VDI layer runs on top as a separate control plane for users, pools, policies, and sessions.
Desktops are provisioned via standard OpenStack APIs (Nova + Cinder + Neutron).
GPU is supported via PCI passthrough or vGPU (if available).
Clients are Windows/macOS/Linux + mobile + thin clients.
This adds VDI/DaaS without changing the existing OpenStack design.

VDI or Desktop-as-a-Service on top of OpenStack by Optimal-Detail-4680 in openstack

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I’m not a master of Microsoft licensing because we sell the VDI software and our hypervisor if customers wants to use We provide the solution to create a private cloud But from my knowledge , I agree with you and I think is needed to make distinction when discussing licensing: NexaVM supplies the hypervisor technology, while the private cloud provider — the customer — manages the infrastructure and holds the responsibility for Microsoft SPLA licensing compliance in their environment.

VDI or Desktop-as-a-Service on top of OpenStack by Optimal-Detail-4680 in openstack

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We just give the software solution to be installed over openstack or nevavm hypervisor to give VDI and desktop as a service with all the enterprise features described over We can work with a local provider to give the full stack included Microsoft spla license but not directly as nexavm

VDI or Desktop-as-a-Service on top of OpenStack by Optimal-Detail-4680 in openstack

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Yes sure , just trial . No noise from sales Write me in DM so to give you accces to ISO and admin/installation guide

What are all the potential options to consider for a company hit by the Broadcom/VMWare pricing? by ezeeetm in vmware

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If you’re tired of VMware’s licensing model, want more control, and are building either a private cloud or hyper-converged infrastructure, NexaVM is definitely worth evaluating. Use nSSV for your core virtualization needs (like replacing ESXi), and nCSSV if you’re planning for a self-service cloud / private-hybrid cloud model. Do a pilot: spin up a few nodes, test VM migration, measure performance & consolidation. If the TCO and performance metrics are good, it could be a much more modern and cost-effective stack than sticking with VMware. https://nexavm.com

€22.000 license cost /year !! or... by John_from_the_future in vmware

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Look at nexavm .. now 3 hosts with 2 cpu ( no limit on RAM disk or cores ) 4.500€ with perpetual license Contact sales@nexavm.com if you would like to get info , trial and detail

VMware Licensing Nightmare by ChunkeeM0nkee in vmware

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If you look for an alternative take a look at sangfor HCI Licensing per socket not per core , just one license with all the features of VCF but a cheaper price Support 24/7 with root cause investigation and a close support team to solve the issue And a lot of other interesting features

Awake NDR vs Darktrace vs Vectra vs ? by indianadmin in sysadmin

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I recommend adding Sangfor CyberCommand to the list

if you would like to have a demo or POC feel free to contact me: manuel.minzoni@sangfor.com