Oracle VM vs RHEV comparison

Oracle VM

Read 78 Oracle VM reviews

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83% willing to recommend

RHEV

Read 33 RHEV reviews

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4,965 Comparison Views

77% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Oracle VM and RHEV based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Server Virtualization Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed Oracle VM vs. RHEV Report (Updated: June 2024).

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Oracle VM vs. RHEV

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle VM

Ranking in Server Virtualization Software

7th

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

RHEV

Ranking in Server Virtualization Software

10th

Average Rating

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Server Virtualization Software category, the market share of Oracle VM is 7.6% and it increased by 24.8% compared to the previous year. The market share of RHEV is 4.4% and it increased by 76.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

Syed Abid Hussain

Snr. Infrastructure Architect (Data Centre) at DHA

Dec 22, 2022

Excellent performance, scalability and flexibility; great cloning feature . Best for oracle Products

We have a data center with multiple racks. The product Oracle VM Server is deployed on two of our HP G10 servers. Comparatively this product is more flexible & reliable for oracle Applications & Databases. we have all our PROD env on this platform and It also enables us to clone an oracle app / db…

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VishalSingh

Consulting & Solutions, BA/BD in Enterprise IT on Open Source, Red Hat & EDB at KEEN AND ABLE COMPUTERS PVT LTD

Jun 1, 2024

Has a straightforward setup process and a centralized management for virtual machines

We use the product primarily for creating and managing virtual machines The product has benefitted our organization in terms of cost savings and efficient resource utilization by centrally creating and managing virtual machines. While the platform has proven beneficial, it could be improved in…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The solution is easy to use. You can spin one up when you need to and then shut it down."

"The virtualization product Oracle puts out just complements the performance of the database."

"It is a stable product."

"The most valuable features of Oracle VM are live migration and snapshots."

"Oracle VM is user-friendly and facilitates compliance with Oracle Licensing, a feature not provided by competitors like VMware or Hyper-V. Oracle prefers customers to use their technology. It is also easy to implement, clone, and deploy machines with Oracle VM, making it a convenient solution."

"The stability is rock solid."

"If you want to access the VM from anywhere over the Internet, you put it in a public subnet. So, VMs are linked to that. The subnets are linked to it. So, it's perfectly secured if it's a private network. The security is set."

"Ability to patch with no downtime."

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"What they provide is way beyond the essential requirements of customers."

"One of the most valuable features of this solution is the popularity of the OS."

"This solution is very stable. Much more so than similar products."

"The price is the solution's most valuable aspect. It's much cheaper than, for example, VMware."

"It is a scalable solution."

"RHEV’s cost is much less compared to VMware."

"We find the ease of use of this solution to be invaluable. It is user-friendly and integrates well with other software."

"The solution is overall very good with all the facilities. It is user friendly, easy to configure, has documentation, and support is available."

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Cons

"Productivity in Oracle VM could still be improved, and an additional feature to make the product better is compatibility with Kubernetes and other modern technologies."

"There are issues with the solution's stability since it crashes."

"Integration capabilities are a little complicated. It could be made easier. Whether integrating with Azure or other platforms or integration with OIC itself, the integration part is a little complicated."

"There is no memory over-subscription and CPU over-subscription. That has to be improved in terms of Oracle VM perspective. The other leading virtualizing software solutions have this feature."

"It was a complex setup. It was very difficult for me."

"The only improvement needed for Oracle VM is the look and feel of the interface."

"The performance could be better because I need to purchase a lot of CPUs to perform in the workbench."

"Oracle VM needs to add a backup feature."

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"In comparison to VMware, this solution isn't as stable. We're testing it right now, and we're not trusting the stability of the product."

"There is not any proper documentation on the site to reference."

"Configuring the network interfaces is much better in Ubuntu and should be improved."

"Red Hat by itself is not scalable. But you can have third party add-ons like Ceph to make it massively scalable."

"The solution could use network virtualization."

"The documentation is not as good as it should be."

"With RHEV, the cyberattacks should be fewer. I want RHEV to be better protected."

"The support is tricky in a few places. We're facing some challenges within Malaysia where we don't really have the system integrators available who can provide extended support. When we need personnel on-site, we can't get them."

More RHEV cons

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The user will be charged accordingly as well—pay as you go. Basically, you get charged only for storage. If I stop a VM, then I'm not charged for the CPU usage. So, that's fine."

"The solution as a standalone product can not be purchased."

"We use the product's free version that is not licensed."

"Oracle VM is not expensive. I rate its pricing a three out of ten."

"Pricing and licensing is one of the main decision making reasons for going to Oracle VM because it was cost effective."

"With having a global contract, we get some discounts."

"The price compares well with other solutions."

"Oracle VM pricing is expensive."

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"I would say the price is acceptable."

"We have to pay extra for vulnerability and fault tolerance."

"We buy a license for commercial use, and we also use the free editions."

"Its price depends on the use cases."

"The price of RHEV is high. It is an open-source solution, the price should be less. The price should not be on par with a solution, such as VMware. It's not more or equal to VMware, it's less, but the difference should be more substantial."

"RHEV offers pricing based on a per-physical-machine licensing model."

"We are using the free version of Red Hat."

"This is an open-source solution."

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Comparison Review

Thang Le Toan (Victory Lee)

CIO at Robusta Technology & Training

Jan 13, 2015

vSphere vs. RHEV vs. Hyper-V vs. XenServer

We have used the following functions: 1. Hypervisor: to ensure that the virtual server provide web and email services to the company, thus providing a stable operation a with single sign-on integration of an AD server and vCenter. 2. Network and Storage: centralized data server…

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

45%

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

Government

Educational Organization

52%

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

Which is better - Oracle VM or KVM?

I would prefer if KVM was easier to scale and not so limited. Overall the product has been helpful. It is easy to use, and was quite straight-forward to set up. Since I have been using KVM, I have ...

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Which is better - Oracle VM or VMware VSphere?

Oracle VM seems to me to be kind of outdated. Nevertheless, it is fairly straightforward to use and maintain. The solution can just be set and you can forget about it, and the scalability is consid...

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What do you like most about Oracle VM?

If you want to access the VM from anywhere over the Internet, you put it in a public subnet. So, VMs are linked to that. The subnets are linked to it. So, it's perfectly secured if it's a private n...

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What do you like most about RHEV?

The initial setup is fairly straightforward and well-documented. The process is very similar to its competitors. The success of your setup depends on how well you plan.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for RHEV?

It's a budget product as far as I'm concerned. It's way cheaper than any of its competitors. The only thing cheaper than Red Hat is that the people who take the Red Hat code clone it and then self-...

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What needs improvement with RHEV?

The cons are that you have extensive third-party support for Microsoft and VMware platforms that don't exist in the Red Hat world. Red Hat has some partners, but if your company uses something that...

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Comparisons

VMware vSphere vs Oracle VM

Compared 35% of the time

KVM vs Oracle VM

Compared 19% of the time

Oracle VM VirtualBox vs Oracle VM

Compared 17% of the time

Proxmox VE vs Oracle VM

Compared 15% of the time

VMware Workstation vs Oracle VM

Compared 3% of the time

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VMware vSphere vs RHEV

Compared 48% of the time

KVM vs RHEV

Compared 15% of the time

Proxmox VE vs RHEV

Compared 13% of the time

Hyper-V vs RHEV

Compared 9% of the time

Nutanix AHV Virtualization vs RHEV

Compared 5% of the time

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Overview

Oracle VM for x86

Oracle VM for x86 is a Xen based server virtualization platform for public and private cloud and traditional on premise deployment. Oracle VM offers full lifecycle and application deployment from disk to cloud.

Designed and optimized for security, efficiency and performance Oracle VM supports major hardware vendors x86 and storage platforms and can run workloads on Linux, Windows and Oracle Solaris. Uniquely for our virtualization platform it offers live patching via Ksplice enhancing security and minimizing service disruption. Oracle VM supports hard partitioning which can significantly reduce software applications licensing costs.

Oracle VM for SPARC

Oracle VM for SPARC is a firmware based virtualization platform for Oracle and Fujitsu SPARC based servers running Solaris. Oracle VM supports hard partitioning which can significantly reduce software applications licensing costs.

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, or RHEV, is a leading open standard enterprise virtualization management solution. This solution supports virtualization of servers and desktops using the same infrastructure and a single easy-to-use interface.

Because RHEV is based on open standards, it is vendor-independent and a lot more cost effective and flexible than proprietary solutions.

Sample Customers

Ambulance Victoria, Australian Finance Group (AFG), Avnet Technology Solutions, CERN, cloudKleyer, Danish Tax Authority (SKAT), Data Intensity, Dubai World, Engineers Australia, Enkitec, Groupe FLO, Guerra S.A. Implemento, s Rodovišrios, Interactive One, IT Convergence, Jesta Digital, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, KT, Kyoto Prefecture, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory / National Ignition Facility, Multinet Pakistan, National Australia Bank (NAB), Navis LLC, Overhead Door, Overstock.com, Paragon Data, Parks Victoria, Pella, Sunway Shared Services, St. Louis Metro, Terminales Ro de la Plata S.A., University of Massachusetts, Versace,

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