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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 use customization to prevent any network and DNS collisions to the router."
"The most valuable features are that it's stable, easy to use, and it's flexible."
"Some of the most valuable features are: the ability to Snapshot so that when we do updates we have a layer of protection for simplified rollback; the replication that we can leverage for data center failures and data center downtime; the ease of migrating workloads from physical device to physical device for maintenance that we have to do on physical servers."
"The ease of use with reduced space provides a better use of infrastructure."
"We run, easily, 98 percent of our servers out of vSphere; we pretty much have nothing physical anymore, and everything in our organization, including our student database records, employee records, and all of our management systems, is in VMware."
"It provides us a global standardization, ease of management on a global level, and helps our remote sites for those who don’t have a sufficient tech level."
"The most valuable features of the solution are the overall virtualization technology and the new features that allow you to move servers from one system to another."
"Hypervisor, VM deployment, Migration, Dynamic frequency scaling."
 

Cons

"Odin Virtuozzo has poor support and needs to improve."
"Reporting. If I lose a host, I have to report what was on that host, what was affected, and for how long."
"The pricing of VMware vSphere needs significant improvement. Although the product is very strong and includes all necessary features, the high pricing drives many customers to avoid using it."
"vROPS should be part of the product and not something extra."
"The biggest pain point is probably the firmware management of the underlying hardware. It could be a lot better."
"The hardware cost is high."
"The vSphere Web Client could be better."
"While ESXi 6 brings fault tolerance for VMs with multiple CPU cores, I desperately, passionately need a better Web Client than the Flash-based monstrosity we've grown accustomed to."
"It's eight, not nine, because I still don't have complete control of the interface."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The license for Odin Virtuozzo is based on consumption on demand."
"It is expensive in terms of cost, licensing, and professional services."
"The solution is good but it's too expensive."
"The pricing is reasonable and you are able to purchases licencing for certain time frame intervals, monthly, yearly etc."
"Our customers have the option of paying the licensing fee when they purchase the solution or renting it from us."
"In my opinion, the essential version is a good price."
"This is an expensive product, especially because we need to pay in US Dollars."
"The product is very expensive."
"The price of this solution is mid-range."
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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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Financial Services Firm
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Outsourcing Company
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Construction Company
9%
 

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