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Odin Virtuozzo Containers [EOL] vs VMware vSphere comparison

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Odin Virtuozzo Containers [...
Average Rating
6.0
Reviews Sentiment
4.2
Number of Reviews
2
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VMware vSphere
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
461
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Ramon Ruiz - PeerSpot reviewer
Director IT at Servnet
Significant backup for containers, but the customer service is terrible
Anyone considering this solution should not compare it to the old versions. They should be a partner with Virtuozzo and run all the certifications. Also, they need a good lab to understand the technology and how they can apply that technology conveniently. This is very commercial software. It does not have support, so you will need to be hands-on. I would rate Odin Virtuozzo a six out of 10 overall.
RajeshK10 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Technology Architect at Central Bank of India
Reliable virtualization has supported smooth DR drills and efficient resource allocation
VMware vSphere has proven to be robust in nature, and the new features are quite acceptable. The new features in NSX network switching make it more useful in the reliability management of data centers. vMotion has helped my organization's business continuity strategies during our planned DR drill activity. The migration of VMs from DC to DR is quite smooth with respect to the network link. I assess the impact of VMware vSphere's High Availability feature on my infrastructure resilience as effective during DR drill activities and firmware upgrades, which we perform every six months. During those times, we rely on maintenance mode of several servers, and HA works properly. I have nothing to complain about. We have utilized VMware vSphere's Distributed Resource Scheduler effectively. Even though we have over-provisioned the vCPUs, it efficiently manages the CPU cores and memory of the servers intelligently, so I am not experiencing any bottleneck in resource utilization. Distributed Resource Scheduler has affected my resource allocation performance positively, providing a 20 percent advantage over my old hardware.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"When you run templates on the containers on Virtuozzo they have a lot of back-ups."
"I’m really liking this approach, as the hypervisor really is in the center of your data center core, and as such we need the absolute most stable product here."
"The cost savings in itself from having to buy 15 servers in each hotel, now we have one server for each hotel, and when we release our new applications we don’t have to invest in new infrastructure because we just scale on what is already in place for a five-year lifecycle with no further investments."
"The scalability is good."
"The solution can scale well."
"The initial setup is very simple."
"I like the capability of vMotion, DRS, high availability, and resource distribution."
"We are able to create virtual machines and move them from one host to another, controlling the resources."
"The ability to consolidate and portability, flexibility, and DR, with management through a single pane of glass, has been very beneficial for our organization."
 

Cons

"Odin Virtuozzo has poor support and needs to improve."
"When comparing the price of VMware solutions to other vendors, such as Nutanix, they are costly."
"These days we have an environment where we are often using clouds as well. A solution that would be a little more cloud-aware would be really helpful. I know there is a product from VMware that is more specifically for the cloud, but it would be nice if VMware Cloud Manager would be cloud-aware. It would simplify certain processes."
"It loses points because it lacks color coding, the web client is clunky, and the interface itself makes it harder to find stuff."
"Technical support was difficult to obtain at time because of the limited number of resources allocated to our program."
"Sometimes it's impossible to prevent problems from happening. With vSphere, you never know where the problem is going to come from, but you will always know that there is a problem. This is the problem."
"The HR proxy is actually a little bit harder to install and setup than other VMware products."
"VMware should compete against their competitors in terms of pricing."
"I feel that the scalability of the solution should be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The license for Odin Virtuozzo is based on consumption on demand."
"The tool is a bit expensive."
"The price is high, but you get back a lot."
"The price of the solution could be cheaper compared to others."
"vSphere is expensive."
"The product is worth what you pay for it. I definitely feel like I"m getting good value."
"The price could be better. The license is definitely expensive."
"This is an expensive product and the price needs to be reduced."
"In my opinion, the price is not cheap, not it is expensive. It's average."
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Comparison Review

it_user234735 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technology Consultant, ASEAN at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
May 10, 2015
Hyper-V 2012 R2 vs. VMware vSphere 5.5
I was won with Hyper-V 2012R2 recently and the table below based on customer RFP (edited). This articles all about technical, there is not related with TCO/ROI, licensing cost, “political”, etc. Another to noted is the Windows Server 2012 licenses is based on 2 socket CPU, meanwhile…
 

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Construction Company
9%
 

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