Oracle VM vs RHEV comparison

Oracle and Red Hat are both solutions in the Server Virtualization Software category. Oracle is ranked #7 with an average rating of 8.4, while Red Hat is ranked #11 with an average rating of 7.4. Oracle holds a 7.2% mindshare in SVS, compared to Red Hat’s 3.7% mindshare. Additionally, 83% of Oracle users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 78% of Red Hat users who would recommend it.

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78% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 6, 2024

Oracle VM and RHEV compete in the virtualization market. Oracle VM may have an edge in cost savings for Oracle environments, while RHEV offers strong performance and open-source benefits.

Features: Oracle VM provides powerful virtualization specifically beneficial for Oracle database licensing, with hard partitioning and Oracle templates for quick deployments. It supports various operating systems and offers secure live migrations. RHEV uses KVM technology to deliver excellent performance and security features, including Transparent Huge Pages and SELinux. It is open-source, supports live migration, and high availability, catering to a range of applications.

Room for Improvement: Oracle VM could benefit from enhancements in automatic backup, snapshot features, and third-party tool integration. It also needs more flexible network storage management. RHEV can improve its load balancing and clustering capabilities, along with better GUI and live-patching support without reboots.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Oracle VM effectively supports private, hybrid, and Oracle cloud environments, though customer service varies in technical expertise. RHEV also supports diverse deployment environments, but user support can be inconsistent regarding complex queries and third-party integrations.

Pricing and ROI: Oracle VM is cost-efficient for Oracle hardware users, offering free deployment and support with reduced Oracle licensing costs through hard partitions. RHEV is budget-friendly as an open-source solution but requires a subscription for support. Its lower cost compared to competitors is significant, though there is room for further reduction to enhance appeal.

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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

11th

Average Rating

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Server Virtualization Software category, the mindshare of Oracle VM is 7.2%, up from 5.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of RHEV is 3.7%, up from 2.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Rasika Sudasinghe

Senior Director - Systems Architecture at MIT ESP

Aug 15, 2023

A cheap option available for Linux environments which is useful for many workloads

Oracle VM is an obsolete product in that no new features are coming for it. The new version is called Oracle KVM. The only improvement needed for Oracle VM is the look and feel of the interface. When comparing the user console with vCenter, the interface used to control VMware environments, Oracle VM's user interface is not that rich in terms of user experience. If Oracle could improve that, it would be good. Besides that, we don't know if the solution comes with a roadmap because it comes free of charge with Oracle x86. We can't expect something similar to vCenter in KVM, but at least if you can improve what users can experience, then it would be good.

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Sujeet-Kumar

Project Manager Cloud Infrastructure at Path Infotech ltd

Jan 10, 2024

The solution is scalable and affordable, but it lacks features, and it is not easy to manage

Management of RHEV is not as easy as VMware. Some features do not work. The product does not provide features similar to VMware’s VMotion. After creating the cluster, the VM is moved to another node if we move down. However, the VM does not move the parent node automatically. It has to be moved manually. VMware moves it automatically. RHEV moves it to the parent node only if we restart. Everything can be handled in VMware through the GUI. However, in RHEV, some things can be managed through UI, and others cannot. We have to troubleshoot and use CLI. A few features of the product do not work as well as those in VMware.

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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 stability is rock solid."

"It is simple and straightforward, and it will only require you one system integrator to do the job."

"Oracle is probably the best database technology out there. I've never found anything as complete in terms of feature and functionality and sophistication."

"It is a stable product."

"The stability of the product is fine."

"It's a very mature product."

"Because of the virtualization for Linux, I use just Linux basically in all VMs, a few with Windows."

"It is highly esteemed for its ability to efficiently optimize and enhance the operational speed and responsiveness of virtualized environments."

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"There aren't any bugs on the 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."

"It is easy to deal with when comes to application migration and its compatibility with the multiple component applications."

"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."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the support portal."

"Red Hat is the most stable system."

"Technically, the main reason why I'm using Red Hat is because of its stability."

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Cons

"Oracle VM should have centralized storage, without which you can't clone or move one VM to another."

"The documentation for implementation could be improved because we were not able to find an easy way to implement our company's features due to a lack of understanding."

"An expanded data transfer option is one of the features I would like to have added."

"The user interface of the version that we have requires improvement. They have already improved the user interface in the latest version, but we are yet to migrate to that. The new UI is much better. I would like it to be simple. It is serving all of our needs, and I don't think it is necessary to keep adding. We are able to provision a VM in ten minutes, and provisioning it in five minutes will not have any added benefit."

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

"The solution is an outdated Xen-based application."

"Oracle VM needs to add a backup feature."

"Oracle's VM VirtualBox is a powerful, free, and open-source virtualization tool. However, you'll have to read a lot of documents and perform experiments in test environments to make it work for you."

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

"We should improve how we manage storage domains and make more comprehensive control available through the command line."

"A few features of the product do not work as well as those in VMware."

"It would be better to have more patches, especially kernel-level updates, live and online so that we can keep the business up and running during this period."

"RHEV can improve by keeping pace with new features and new enhancements. They should not be halted or delayed innovation because over the past quarter the enhancements have not been as fast as they have been previously."

"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."

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

"We'd like it if it would be possible on Red Hat Virtualization to possibly connect two or three VMs to the same disk."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Oracle is free of charge, although you have to have a subscription for the support."

"Oracle VM is free if you are running it on Oracle infrastructure hardware, otherwise, it is subscription-based."

"Oracle's VM VirtualBox is a powerful, free, and open-source virtualization tool."

"The price of the license is expensive."

"There is no need to make any payments to use the solution. You can just download the product and use it for free."

"If you buy an Oracle server, this solution is free. You have to only pay for support."

"The cost of scalability. You pay for what you use. It's free to download, free to install, and the support side has been very helpful."

"I recommend this for any customer wanting to reduce their licensing costs for packaged applications."

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"I would say the price is acceptable."

"Its price depends on the use cases."

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

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

"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."

"The solution does not require licencing but a subscription is necessary, which is very affordable."

"This is an open-source solution."

"This product has a variety of licensing options available. However, the level of licensing, and therefore the cost of licensing, is dependent on the number of servers being utilized."

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Educational Organization

46%

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Educational Organization

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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 should be more affordable and available. It should target companies, especially new ones, that need servers with capacities of around 518+ units. It should be priced appropriately because it mig...

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What needs improvement with RHEV?

We should improve how we manage storage domains and make more comprehensive control available through the command line. RHEV needs to consider those points that can be integrated. The REST API shou...

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Comparisons

VMware vSphere vs Oracle VM

Compared 38% of the time

Proxmox VE vs Oracle VM

Compared 18% of the time

KVM vs Oracle VM

Compared 16% of the time

Oracle VM VirtualBox 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 56% of the time

Proxmox VE vs RHEV

Compared 12% of the time

KVM vs RHEV

Compared 12% of the time

Hyper-V vs RHEV

Compared 8% 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

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