Virtual machines and virtualization are the backbone of modern IT infrastructure, and for more than 10 years VMware software was the dominant solution in the virtualization market. In 2024, after the acquisition of Vmware by Broadcom Inc. there is growing confusion about the change in the licensing system and the significant increase in the cost of maintaining this software. To sum up - more and more companies are choosing to migrate to another platform that offers similarly advanced features at lower operating costs, especially in the long term.
Stovaris distributes Sangfor HCI solutions, which are the best alternative to VMware, and with which you can migrate your entire VMware by Broadcom environment to a new environment!
This looks interesting! What are the benefits of migrating from VMware to Sangfor HCI?
- Reducing the cost of purchasing and maintaining licenses - One of the most important reasons for the migration is to reduce Vmware costs, and the total cost of maintaining Sangfor software is very attractive especially in large commercial-production environments.
- Advanced features at no extra charge - Sangfor provides features that in VMware are only available in higher license versions for an additional fee. Among them are unlimited aSAN, automatic resource balancing, expandability, DRS.
- Efficiency, flexibility and scalable operation - Sangfor has full virtualization as well as hyperconvergence. This gives administrators the flexibility to manage all virtual machines in a single environment. The technology is hardware-independent and can be installed on existing hardware without worrying about the number of CPU cores.
- Integrated backup tools - Sangfor additionally offers advanced tools for backup, management and effective disaster recovery.
- Security features - dedicated ransomware protection, distributed firewall, vulnerability detection and patching, dedicated IPS, NFV, disk encryption and more
- Full control over infrastructure - Our solution gives you full control over the configuration and operation of the vitalization part of your IT infrastructure system and Data Center.
- Live migration and high availability - Thanks to the built-in live migration features, we can very quickly migrate Vmware environments to new virtual machines between hosts without interruption.
- Full coverage of Vmware functionality - vSphere, vSAN, NSX, SRM are all similar functionality in Sangfor but named differently.
- Ensure integration - integration with Veeam, Veritas, ready-made driver sets and open APIs, ensure full alignment with existing infrastructure.
Figure 1 - Comparison of VMware and Sangfor functionality
The simplest example of how to migrate from VMware to Sangfor HCI:
- Add vCenter Server to HCI;
- Check the connection to VMware vCenter;
Figure 2 - Visibility of Vcenter in Sangfor HCI
- Select the appropriate Vmware virtual machine;
- Right-click on the VMware virtual machine and choose More > Migrate to SANGFOR HCI;
Figure 3 - Migration for Sangfor HCI
- Select network configuration: Edge, vSwitch, and target datastore;
- The migration process will begin, follow the instructions.
Figure 4 - Datastore and network configuration selection
Sangfor offers two types of migration solutions for VMware virtual machines: agentless migration and agent-based migration , and four migration methods :
- Migrate via managed VMware Vcenter directly from the Webui dashboard or via the Sangfor Cloud Platform (SCP) central console;
- Migration with a dedicated SCMT platform without an agent;
- Migration with a dedicated SCMT platform ¿ using an agent;
- SCMT proxy hot standby migration.
By assessing, analyzing and summarizing the system requirements of existing application systems hosted on the VMware platform, we can plan and design the overall process and individual steps of the migration, while planning the resource requirements of the new platform to establish the infrastructure environment needed for the migration.
We have found Sangfor! Why is Sangfor the perfect replacement for VMware?
Equivalent and cost-effective alternative
It is flexible and scalable, micro entrepreneurs can use it
Offers high performance
It has a user-friendly interface that allows you to quickly and easily create and manage virtual environments;
It is a proven, stable and Gartner-recommended HCI solution;
Offers local manufacturer and distributor support
It has extensive migration and 3rd party resource management capabilities;
It proposes an evolution from server virtualization to extensive hyperconverged systems.
We have considered Hyper-V. How does migration from other virtualization platforms work?
Do you have another virtual system from companies such as Nutanix, Hyper-V, Proxmox? Or are you still wondering what to choose? We have an interesting ready offer, a team and tools for migration, and the necessary experience to migrate to Sangfor HCI.
See how easy it is and start your adventure in digital transformation with Sangfor HCI today .
Sangfor on offer at Stovaris
Sangfor's product offerings at Stovaris include turnkey solutions for virtualization, hyperconvergence and cyber security systems.
Stovaris, as a value-added distributor, offers full technical and consulting support ensuring seamless integration and operation of Sangfor products.