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Benefits
Reduce TCO. Save at least 50% TCO if you are upgrading from legacy virtualization.
Production Ready. Support critical business applications with enterprise-grade performance and reliability.
More than virtualization. Replace virtualization, storage, management, network security, and more.
Infrastructure upgrade. Upgrade legacy architecture to a distributed cloud infrastructure.
Easy migration. Avoid service disruptions, easily and gradually migrate from VMware platform.
Overview

As a professional vendor with strong in-house R&D, SmartX Enterprise Cloud Platform helps enterprises achieve a component-level domestic alternative to VMware, including virtualization, storage, cluster management, Kubernetes management, networking & security, and backup & disaster recovery.

Based on these product components, SmartX provides four VMware alternative approaches, allowing enterprises to replace vSphere, vSAN, and full-stack components like Tanzu and NSX at their own pace to reduce cost and improve efficiency.

Comparison
Before adopting a VMware alternative product, it’s best to make sure the features and performance match your requirements. We have compared SmartX and VMware regarding key aspects that demonstrated SmartX’s leading capabilities and performance.
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SMTX OS snapshot avoided factors that influence VMware vSphere snapshot I/O performance, significantly reducing the time period of performance degradation and enabling performance restoration.
VMware vs SmartX: Snapshot Mechanism and I/O Performance Comparison
Compare snapshot mechanism and its impact on performance.
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vSAN 8 avoids issues such as low utilization of dedicated cache disks and the high likelihood of cache breakdown. However, prior to the vSAN update, SmartX was able to avoid those issues by optimizing its distributed storage caching mechanism.
VMware vs SmartX: Distributed Storage Caching Mechanism and Performance Comparison
Compare caching mechanism and its impact on performance.
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ZBS shows a clear advantage if VM online migration is not frequently required. Otherwise, vSAN would be more preferable, although frequent VM online migrations are not common in the production environment.
VMware vs SmartX: I/O Path Comparison and Performance Impact
Compare I/O path and its impact on performance.
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Beyond SmartX and VMware comparisons, you can also check out the detailed analysis of the SmartX HCI features and performance tests.
SmartX HCI Features Blog List
Explore SmartX HCI product features and performance.
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Migration

Use SMTX Migration Tool and SMTX CloudMove to easily migrate virtual machines or physical machines from VMware vSphere or cloud hosts to ELF virtualization platform.

SMTX Migration Tool is agentless, deployed on source/target platform, and supports VM-online migration, reducing impact on business services.

Case Studies
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In the POC test for Zheshang Securities, the customer witnessed how much SmartX outperformed VMware and was impressed by the performance, stability, and hardware compatibility of SmartX HCI.
Zheshang Securities: An Ex-User of VMware and Nutanix HCI Embraces SmartX HCI
Performance-wise, SmartX (ELF + ZBS) > SmartX (ESXi + ZBS) > VMware (ESXi + vSAN).
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ConnectWave used VMware for single server virtualization. With SmartX HCI, the customer easily migrated VMs from VMware to SmartX, achieving both VMware replacement and cloud infrastructure upgrades.
ConnectWave: Boosting O&M Efficiency and Cost-Efficiency of IT Infra with SmartX HCI
Replace VMware, reduce space & cost, and improve performance & stability.
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Resources
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Why Enterprises Choose SmartX ELF Virtualization as a VMware Alternative: Five Customer Stories
Dive into the advantages of ELF virtualization as an alternative to VMware virtualization.
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Four Case Studies Disclose How to Replace vSAN and VMware HCI with SmartX HCI
Customer stories from FSI, healthcare, and manufacturing enterprises.
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3 Comparisons Disclosing How SmartX HCI Outperforms VMware HCI
Discover product comparison details.
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SmartX HCI Features Blog List
Explore SmartX HCI product features and performance.
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