Sheetz moves 838 stores off VMware: Broadcom created “too much uncertainty"
Summary
Sheetz, a U.S. convenience store chain, is moving its 838 stores from VMware virtualization software to StorMagic’s SvHCI platform. This change is due to Broadcom’s new licensing and pricing model, which made budgeting difficult for Sheetz.Key Facts
- Sheetz has used VMware virtualization on Dell servers in its stores since 2019.
- The company is migrating about 12 to 14 virtual machines (VMs) per store from VMware vSphere to StorMagic’s SvHCI.
- This migration will involve moving around 11,000 VMs in total.
- More than 600 stores have completed the migration so far, with an expected finish in four months.
- Sheetz chose to leave VMware because Broadcom replaced perpetual licenses with subscriptions requiring a five-year commitment and large bundles, causing budget uncertainty.
- Sheetz had already been using StorMagic’s SvSAN storage solution alongside VMware for critical applications since 2019.
- The migration is being done mostly remotely without hardware upgrades, saving money.
- Automation and special import tools helped handle the large-scale migration with minimal disruption to store operations.
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