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District IT recommends replacing Broadcom VxRail licensing with Hyper‑V lease to avoid steep subscription increase
Summary
Network administrator described a licensing change by Broadcom that would double the district's cost for its VxRail/vSphere virtualization; staff proposed switching to Microsoft Hyper‑V with new hardware and financing to cut projected five‑year costs.
The Lower Moreland Board heard from the district network administrator on Aug. 5 about an urgent change in the district's virtualization environment after Broadcom acquired the VxRail/vSphere product line and moved customers from perpetual licenses to a higher-cost subscription model.
Peter Fallon, the district's network administrator, said Broadcom's pricing changes have doubled the projected cost to retain the current…
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