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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."
"The most valuable features are that it's stable, easy to use, and it's flexible."
"High availability is particularly valuable to my company because I know that if one of my hosts should fail, we will experience minimal interruption."
"Since we have had VMware, we've had no problems with it."
"We are able to patch our hosts during production hours with the ability to keep services running."
"It is a very dependable solution. Its performance is very good, and it is also easy to manage and implement."
"The DRS feature of this solution is a very valuable feature."
"Its DR facility is good. Within a moment, data can be retrieve from another physical location over the Internet. The speed to recover data is good."
"It's easy to use, and it is flexible."
 

Cons

"Odin Virtuozzo has poor support and needs to improve."
"The problem often is that when I use VMware and Citrix there are conflicts."
"I am not satisfied with their performance or speed for anything below P1 or production-down status."
"Customer support takes a long time to respond."
"With all the desirable features of vSphere and its proven track record, it's no wonder that it's also the most expensive virtualization platform out there."
"Sometimes, we need valid certificates for VMware, however, we are unable to add the certificates."
"Sometimes we have encountered vCenter/vSphere issues that requires the service to restart or the server restarts."
"We want to see improvement from VMware with security. We want minimal downtime. We want automation. We want to deploy more efficiently."
"Tech support is sometimes good and sometimes bad. We work in the Southeast Asia region where sometimes we have a language barrier."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The license for Odin Virtuozzo is based on consumption on demand."
"I think the cost should be reconsidered. VMware is not the cheapest solution out there, despite the fact that it may be one of the best."
"The price is not an issue for our mid-sized or large-sized customers, but it can be expensive for our smaller customers."
"It's a pricey solution."
"We are on a perpetual license for VMware vSphere and the price can be expensive compared to other solutions, such as Hyper-V. They should lower their price."
"VMware is expensive, from the baseline, initial investment. It depends, though, because if someone goes for ESXi—the latest version, ESXi Essential, or even the opensource—then it is not available in Microsoft. ESXi opensource is totally free, and the only features that aren't available are some API features. But if someone has a small office with less than 50 users, and they just need to run the hypervisor, then VMware is a free solution for that. If someone is considering the price and comparing Business ESXi with Hyper-V, if they already have an existing Windows license, then I would suggest going for Hyper-V because it's much cheaper. Aside from that, I would recommend going for VMware."
"I find it highly expensive."
"Its licensing is typically yearly. From a value standpoint, it's worth it."
"Pricing is a little bit on the higher side, compared to other products."
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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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