October 2015VMworld U.S. Survey

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Methodology

Survey was conducted at VMworld 2015 in San Francisco

Live survey intercepts

355 responses

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Key Findings

Most of the enterprise is now virtualized

Much interest in VVOLs, but it is early days

Challenges are holding back VVOL implementation

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Most of the Enterprise is Now Virtualized

Nearly half have virtualized more than 80 percent of their infrastructure

73 percent have virtualized more than 60 percent

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Much Interest in VVOLs, but it is Early Days

60 percent involved with VVOLs in some way– Yet, just 7 percent have

completed VVOL installation

Why? Top drivers include:– Simplify storage– Improve storage scalability– Improve VM manageability

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Challenges are Holding Back VVOL Implementation

Lack of VVOL expertise within IT staff

Performance issues

Migration issues

43 percent cite incomplete VVOL support from their storage vendor as a challenge

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Primary Data Recommendations

Examine how data virtualization can complement server virtualization to further optimize datacenter efficiency and cost savings

Enable universal VVOL support with existing storage through data virtualization

Simplify VVOL management to streamline IT learning curve

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Appendix: Raw Results

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47

94

78

36

53

47

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

100 employees or less 101-1000 employees 1001-5000 employees 5001-10000 employees 10001-25000 employees Over 25000 employees

Q1. How many employees work at your organization worldwide?

10

3,500

0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 4,000

Employees

Q1. How many employees work at your organization worldwide? (median)

11

2%

2%

3%

4%

6%

6%

6%

7%

8%

11%

13%

14%

19%

0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% 14% 16% 18% 20%

Vice President or Senior Vice President in a computing area

CTO

CIO

Systems designer

Consultant

Director in a computing area

Datacenter/network architect

Network engineer

Systems analyst

Other

Systems architect

Manager of Information Systems or Computer Systems

Systems administrator

Q2. What is your role?

12

1%

1%

1%

1%

1%

1%

2%

2%

2%

2%

2%

2%

3%

3%

3%

3%

3%

4%

5%

43%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%

Arizona

Florida

Iowa

Maryland

New Jersey

Utah

Kentucky

Washington

Minnesota

Missouri

North Carolina

Ohio

Georgia

Illinois

Pennsylvania

Colorado

Massachusetts

New York

Texas

California

Q3. In what state do you live?

13

6%

11%

14%

14%

18%

26%

30%

40%

57%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

Oracle

Other

Hitachi Data Systems

Pure Storage

IBM

HP

Dell

NetApp

EMC

Q4. Which of the following storage vendors do you consider to be "primary vendors?" A primary vendor is one that supplies a significant portion of your storage infrastructure and a vendor you consider to be a

strategic partner [Mark all that apply]

14

3%

7%

17%

25%

48%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

0-20%

21-40%

41-60%

61-80%

81-100%

Q5. What percentage of your infrastructure is virtualized?

15

7%

12%

17%

21%

23%

23%

34%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%

Other

Reliability issues

Migration

Organization roadblocks (ex: Doesn't fit within our refresh cycle)

Storage performance

Cost

Nothing - I have virtualized as much as I want to

Q6. What (if anything) is holding you back from virtualizing a higher percentage of your infrastructure? (Mark all that apply)

16

7%

8%

4%

41%

12%

28%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%

We have already implemented VVOLS

We are implementing VVOLS

We are in trials for VVOLS

We are discussing VVOLS

We are not pursuing VVOLS and have no plans to do so

I am not familiar with VVOLs

Q7. What is your organization's involvement with VMware Virtual Volumes (also known as VVOLSs)?

17

17% 17% 16% 17% 16%

10% 13% 15% 15%20%

73% 71% 69% 69%64%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Simplify storage operations Improve storage scalability Improve VM manageabilitythrough granular (VMDK-level)

control of storage

Improve resource utilization Safeguard existing investment

Q8. How important are each of the following goals in terms of why your organization is pursuing VVOLS?

Extremely/Somewhat unimportant Neither important nor unimportant Extremely/Somewhat important

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17% 19% 18% 16% 19% 18% 19%

21%25% 28% 32% 30%

36% 37%

63%56% 54% 52% 51%

46% 43%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Lack of VVOLSexpertise by our IT

staff

Performance issues Migration issues Organizationroadblocks (ex:

Doesn't fit within ourrefresh cycle)

Reliability issues Cost My storage vendordoesn't fully support

VVOLs (only a fewstorage products are

VVOL compatible)

Q9. How impactful are the following challenges you face (or think you will face) with implementing VVOLS?

Extremely/Somewhat unimpactful Neither impactful nor unimpactful Extremely/Somewhat impactful

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