Posts made by bnrstnr

I might be switching if I get some free time. Using VoicePulse now and it looks like Twilio kills them on pricing. We've also had a few issues lately with VoicePulse.

@DustinB3403 said in What Are the Latest Virtualization Platform Recommendations:

If you're not using XO for the backup capabilities, or any of the additional functionality, you're missing out on what it really shines at.

I'm not using it at all currently. I use Unitrends now for backups, and I don't think it's ideal, but it does work.

Not to totally derail the thread, but the backups and stuff is what confuses me about XO, do you have to pay the $70/month to get automated backups and access to the other important features?

@hobbit666 said in What Are the Latest Virtualization Platform Recommendations:

But I found HyperV there was a lot of messing to get a workstation to talk (especially if your on a different network/domain)

This might of gotten easier since the last time I tried HyperV but it put me off.

This! When I first switched to virtualization it was Hyper-V, and getting it to talk to my workstation was so unnecessarily difficult, I wanted so badly to just join it to the domain. 5Nine is awesome and totally remedied the awkward communication/credential problems. I ultimately bailed on Hyper-V and switched to XS around the same time I switched to Windows 10. We had just gotten a new virtual host and I wanted to try something new, and not paying the $350 a year for the 5nine license was a bonus.

I can't for the life of me get into XO though, XenCenter just works and does everything that I need it to do. Maybe I like it because I was used to 5Nine? I don't know. It seems to be a pain to log into the web interface and fumble around trying to find the stuff I need when I'm already used to XenCenter. I haven't given it a true chance though.

For what it's worth, I've had zero issues with XS since switching. For me, it's been a far better experience than Hyper-V was.

I've been using a Webroot 5-PC license for a couple years now. I keep it on my mine and my wife's computers and some immediate family member's computers that have no idea what they're doing. Phone calls for support have pretty much stopped since implementing this plan.

Thanks for the welcome @scottalanmiller & @dafyre!

Not sure how I found my way here, but I love the high quality discussion so far. Been semi-lurking SW for a few years, I'm assuming that's the connection.