Comment by wesapien
vMotion is about host failure. If a blade server dies, the vms can be spun up on another blade. Storage is same.
vMotion is about host failure. If a blade server dies, the vms can be spun up on another blade. Storage is same.
> vMotion is about host failure
No? It's also about load balancing and draining compute/storage resources in preparation for maintenance.
Most pertinently: as long as your alternative doesn't cover any vMotion use-cases, customers will remain 'in talks' with Broadcom...
You're thinking of high-availability, which registers the vmx file of the VM to a physical server that isn't dead, then powers the VM back on. Whereas vMotion is either a cold or live-migration of the VM + memory state (if the VM is powered down, there is no memory state to migrate).