When evaluating alternative products, it’s important to look beyond purchase price and consider hidden costs caused by performance bottlenecks or reliability issues. Frequent failures or inadequate performance can increase O&M burdens and disrupt business services. Therefore, users can conduct a comprehensive assessment of all cost factors and choose alternatives with lower TCO and greater long-term value.

Users should also evaluate existing hardware devices supporting VMware clusters. If the existing hardware is still within its normal lifecycle and maintenance period, it could be considered for reutilization. Although these hardware devices will no longer run systems based on VMware software, they can still provide production-grade performance and capacity. Some VMware alternatives demand specific hardware models and are not compatible with existing servers or even network devices, leading to asset wastage. Therefore, when evaluating VMware alternatives, users should prioritize software solutions that are compatible with existing hardware platforms. After the production system is migrated to the new platform, the new solution can also run on the original hardware, as a backup to the new system or for other purposes. By reusing existing hardware, users can lower TCO while achieving a cost-efficient and reliable transition from VMware.

As a full-stack alternative to VMware solutions, AECP can reduce TCO by over 50%*, with lower upfront costs and an easy-to-use interface that streamlines operations and enhances efficiency.

* 5-year TCO comparison between AECP Advanced and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) and starting from a 3-node cluster with 30% YoY capacity growth. Each node configuration: 2*CPU sockets, 32 core per socket, 24TB raw storage capacity.

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