5 engineers on Hacker News describe using VMware vSphere first-hand: 2 endorse it, 1 regret it, 0 are mixed.
“We run a lot of ESXi with vSphere (part of overall VCF solution). It works very well.”
endorse · production · firesteelrain · 2026-09-07 · source ↗ · wrong label?“We've had the same vSphere cluster for 5 years now. ... it would be very difficult for Cloud-anything to cost less.”
endorse · production · 5 yr · AnIdiotOnTheNet · 2021-12-14 · source ↗ · wrong label?“VMware only exists as a cop out for bad planning and bad architecture, albeit more cost effective than fixing it.”
regret · production · b0 · 2012-07-24 · source ↗ · wrong label?“VMware is still seen as "platinum" level in my org compared to Proxmox”
neutral · production · stroebs · 2026-09-08 · source ↗ · wrong label?“64 gb memory for a vsphere deployment is what you would call small?”
neutral · production · merb · 2015-05-12 · source ↗ · wrong label?