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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 #12 with an average rating of 7.4. Oracle holds a 7.3% 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.
Oracle VM
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83% willing to recommend
RHEV
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  • 5,813 Views
  • 4,362 Comparison Views
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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Review summaries and opinions

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Customer Service

Sentiment score
8.0
Oracle VM customer service excels with knowledgeable support, global issue resolution, and effective escalation, improving over time.
Sentiment score
6.5
RHEV's customer service receives mixed reviews, with effectiveness varying by expertise; international support is mainly email-based.
 

Room For Improvement

Sentiment score
4.8
Oracle VM users criticize its interface, performance, integration issues, limited language support, and desire improved documentation, automation, and security.
Sentiment score
4.8
RHEV needs improvements in clustering, security, integration, scalability, and usability to compete with VMware, along with better support and pricing.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
Oracle VM is highly scalable with some flexibility but may present licensing and hardware limitations for certain organizations.
Sentiment score
7.6
RHEV is scalable for various loads and users, performing well generally but requires attention to server capacity and applications.
 

Setup Cost

Sentiment score
7.0
Oracle VM offers cost-effective virtualization with flexible licensing, favorable pricing, and manageable support costs compared to VMware.
Sentiment score
6.0
RHEV offers competitive, budget-friendly pricing for server management, although extra support may increase costs for some users.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
Oracle VM is stable in later versions, with resolved initial issues; users rate stability between 7 and 10.
Sentiment score
7.7
RHEV is praised for stability and reliability, rated 8-9/10, though some find upgrades complex and less stable than VMware.
 

Valuable Features

Sentiment score
8.0
Oracle VM offers enterprise virtualization with cost savings, scalability, OS compatibility, and efficient resource management, reducing downtime.
Sentiment score
8.3
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization excels in KVM technology, cost-efficiency, stability, scalability, integration, and cloud platform management.
 

Categories and Ranking

Oracle VM
Ranking in Server Virtualization Software
7th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
80
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
RHEV
Ranking in Server Virtualization Software
12th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
34
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Server Virtualization Software category, the mindshare of Oracle VM is 7.3%, up from 5.9% 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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Featured Reviews

Rasika Sudasinghe - PeerSpot reviewer
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 - PeerSpot reviewer
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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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
46%
Computer Software Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Educational Organization
52%
Computer Software Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Manufacturing Company
4%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

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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Compared 14% of the time
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Compared 3% of the time
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Compared 55% of the time
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Compared 12% of the time
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Compared 12% of the time
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Compared 9% of the time
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Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
 

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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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