Virtualisation Toolkit

vOptimizer Pro 2.1 review

7.5

Editors' Rating

Typical price:£ 202

Verdict

This suite automatically reclaims over-allocated and under-utilised storage in Windows virtual machines. With SAN storage costing around £10/GB, Vizioncore's vOptimizer Pro could quickly pay for itself... Read Full Review.

Pros

Automates what would otherwise be a tiresome manual process
Comprehensive set of Windows optimisations reduce storage requirements

Cons

VMs may need reconfiguring
Works only with Windows VMs and ESX Server hosts
VMs must be rebooted during optimisation

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