VMworld 2015 Survey: Virtualization Professionals Reveal Top Challenges to VVOLs Adoption

1. October 2015
VMworld U.S. Survey

2. Methodology
 Survey was conducted at VMworld 2015 in San Francisco
 Live survey intercepts
 355 responses
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3. 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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4. 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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5. 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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6. 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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7. 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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8. Appendix: Raw Results
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9. 9
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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% 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 manageability
through 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

18. 18
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 VVOLS
expertise by our IT
staff
Performance issues Migration issues Organization
roadblocks (ex:
Doesn't fit within our
refresh cycle)
Reliability issues Cost My storage vendor
doesn't fully support
VVOLs (only a few
storage 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

19. T H A N K Y O U