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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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Featured Reviews

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."
"Technical support is very good. They are very helpful."
"Less time is needed to go live for workloads."
"VMware vSphere is user friendly, and it is scalable and stable, which are very important attributes for us."
"In the past, we struggled with VM encryption; we couldn't encrypt the virtual machines with older versions of vSphere without some kind of third-party tool, and now, with 6.7, it's all in the application itself in vSphere, so we no longer have to procure additional products to meet that requirement, we can just do it on the fly and pass our audit with no issues."
"We expect to save in the $100,000 range after only one year since we virtualized more servers."
"It is one easy to install and manage virtualization technique and it is pretty fast also, compared to some other virtualization techniques, because it has a very small amount of resource overhead."
"The most valuable feature of VMware vSphere is the ability to work in a big system infrastructure."
"The solution allows for very good virtualization."
 

Cons

"Odin Virtuozzo has poor support and needs to improve."
"Technical support can be eventful. I can't depend entirely on the staff."
"The technical support is good. However, it could be more seamless when it comes to chat support and lower response times."
"It is expensive. They can improve the licensing cost for Cloud Director. They can also improve the integration with other applications and the metering feature, which is currently not flexible."
"Customers face challenges due to increased costs after VMware's acquisition by Broadcom. The cost changed from perpetual to subscription, and there is a need for alternative solutions."
"There are still a few features that have been left out as far as updating and sending firmware to the host."
"I would like to start to using NSX in the next release."
"25% of the server costs are now going to VMware; it's expensive."
"It would be great if VMware could have a consolidated way of delivering this as software rather than pieces and several add-ons so that you could enjoy the product in its entirety."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The license for Odin Virtuozzo is based on consumption on demand."
"The product is expensive."
"Pricing is a little bit on the higher side, compared to other products."
"A customer can buy a license and support on a yearly basis."
"Pricing is insanely expensive."
"Pricing needs to be competitive since Microsoft Hyper-V has come a long way; they are both around the same price range."
"The solution's licensing is costlier than other hypervisors."
"We don't have an active subscription. We have a prepaid or permanent license."
"The license of VMware is a one-time payment and you can continue to enroll in support for troubleshooting and also administer the licenses."
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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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Comms Service Provider
8%
 

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