- Virtual CIO
When Should Your Business Move to the Cloud?
11 Mar, 2026

£1794.70 inc. VAT
AI-generated summary
Honestly, this reads like a straight “keep the machine in support” type of Lenovo entitlement rather than something you’d buy to *add* capability. At £1,495.58 ex‑VAT, it’s the sort of spend that only makes sense if you’re extending coverage you already rely on—because the real value is reduced downtime risk, easier support pathways, and having the platform stay current for Lenovo’s service lifecycle. If you’ve got a business-critical server (or a stack you don’t want to gamble with) and you know you’ll be keeping it for at least another year, this is a sensible, low-drama insurance purchase.
Where I’d be cautious: if the server is near end-of-life, getting replaced soon, or already running in a “we can rebuild from scratch” environment, you may be paying a lot for support time you don’t truly need. Also, make sure you’re not accidentally buying an upgrade/entitlement that doesn’t map to what your current support already covers (it happens more often than you’d think with reseller/part-number mismatches). In short: buy it if you need Lenovo support coverage for a continuing deployment; don’t buy it if you’re planning to migrate/refresh quickly or you can tolerate longer outages and self-support.

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VMware vSAN Standard - (v. 7) - licence + 3 years Lenovo Subscription and Support - 1 processor - for ThinkSystem SR250 V2, SR630 V2, SR645, SR650 V2, SR665, ST250 V2, ST50, ST50 V2, ST650 V2

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Veeam Availability Suite Enterprise Plus Universal License - Upfront Billing Licence (3 years) + Production 24x7 Support - public sector

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Veeam Data Platform Foundation Universal License - Upfront Billing Licence (1 year) + Production Support - 10 instances - includes Enterprise Plus Edition features

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VMware vSphere Essentials Kit - (v. 8) - licence + 5 years Lenovo Subscription and Support - 3 hosts (up to 2 processors per host)
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