A global telecommunications enterprise faced rising VMware costs and the risk of vendor lock-in. With 2,800 VMs across 500 hosts in distributed locations, they needed a cost-effective, enterprise-grade alternative that could seamlessly replace VMware while maintaining high availability, automation, and compliance.
After evaluating DIY options and competitors, they selected Platform9 Private Cloud Director (PCD) for its robust migration capabilities, self-hosted architecture, integration with existing infrastructure, and VMware feature parity (HA, vMotion, Storage vMotion, DRS). A rigorous Proof of Concept (PoC) validated PCD’s performance, automation, and ease of use, with rapid deployment and strong customer feedback: “I’m really confused by the simplicity.”
The full migration is being executed in under six months with a phased rollout, leveraging Platform9’s free migration tool vJailbreak to migrate complex workloads like MSSQL clusters and SAP workloads. Platform9’s fast engineering response time, seamless storage and network integrations (NetApp, Fortigate), and dynamic resource rebalancing played a key role in the decision.
By the end of the migration, the enterprise will have a fully modernized, VMware-free infrastructure with lower costs, greater control, and streamlined operations—without sacrificing features or performance.