RHEV Reviews

The solution has a good licensing module.

The UI should be more interactive with more features. In terms of virtualization product services the features are very limited. I'd like to see additional functionality and net virtualization features.

The solution is stable. 

The solution is scalable. 

Technical support is reasonable. 

Positive

The initial setup is straightforward. One system administrator is sufficient for maintenance. 

Licensing costs are very reasonable. 

We previously evaluated VMware ESXI and Hyper V.

I recommend this solution. It will save money and you can also leverage the benefit of virtualization of unlimited caps.

I rate this solution seven out of 10. 

The solution is easy for us to deal with when comes to application migration and has good compatibility with multiple components. For example, we have Drupal, Magento and then Node.js. When we are looking at which particular solution to run or maybe the base system to support these components, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization is the perfect choice.

The solution offers flexibility in terms of computation scaling and resource allocation.

The platform is very stable. 

The solution makes migration easy.

The management of the solution is very simple.

The pricing could be improved.

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.  

Instead, we have to join in an online conference call and then bridge the connection with the principals, log in and then check and dump the data for troubleshooting purposes, etc.

We've been dealing with the solution for about 15 years now.

We can't really get on-site support here in Malaysia. It's a problem for us. When we need help, we need to do a conference call, but it's difficult for us and it's not an ideal situation.

The pricing is a bit expensive.

We still have Red Hat version five running on our environment.

We don't have Red Hat in Malaysia. We don't have direct contact with Red Hat. We have to go through either distributors or system integrators in order to get the product.

I'd rate the solution seven out of ten.

I would recommend Red Hat virtualization to other customers who are actually looking into moving from a physical environment to virtualization environment. It will optimize their space utilization and their cost optimization. 

The solution has all the essential features for deployment and virtualization.

The solution has a very small lifecycle. They should work on this particular area.

We have been using the solution for half a year.

It is a stable solution.

It is a scalable solution.

The solution is easy to deploy.

The solution's pricing depends on the use cases.

We evaluated VMware and Nutanix. They have a better lifecycle than RHEV.

I rate the solution as seven.

We primarily use the solution for hosting virtual machines. We're using RHEV virtualization and Red Hat on top of it.

The initial setup is straightforward. 

The solution is stable.

It's a scalable solution.

The pricing is fair. 

The time I've used the solution is too short. I need more time with the solution before providing feedback. While everything needs improvement in some way, I have no specifics.

We're just starting to use the solution. We've been using it for less than a month.

The stability is good. It serves its purpose. We've never had issues with bugs or glitches, crashes, or freezing.

The solution has scaled to meet our needs. 

I've never reached out to technical support. I can't speak to how they are in terms of helpfulness. 

We did use another platform, however, that was not suitable and we like to stick with Red Hat.

The initial setup is very straightforward. In terms of ease of implementation, I would rate it as a four out of five. 

I was not directly involved with the deployment process. However, a company likely will only need one or two staff members to deploy and maintain it. 

A colleague of mine implemented the solution. He did not need any assistance from integrators or consultants. 

We have seen an ROI. I'd rate the ROI we've seen at a four out of five.

We have a three-year licensing agreement. They do offer a fair price. I would rate them at a four out of five in terms of value for money. There are no other fees on top of the standard licensing fee. 

We're just a customer.

I was only involved in the decision part, I'm now in the implementation.

It's a very good platform to build your virtual machines on and highly integrated with Red Hat itself and its satellites. That's one of the main reasons we like it - it's all integrated.

I would rate the solution an eight out of ten.

We use it for high volumes of computing. We use it for artificial intelligence and some big data analytics.

It is very stable.

We hope that Red Hat can produce a paradigm edition. We are looking for paradigm computing and paradigm storage.

Its scalability can be improved. It is not easy to scale, and we hope that Red Hat can provide a more scalable system.

They should also provide local service and support. Our customers are looking for a good software vendor to provide professional services.

I have been using this solution for more than three years.

It is very stable.

It is not easy to scale, and we hope that Red Hat can provide a more scalable system. We have 50 users who are using this system.

We do get a response from their international support through email, but they should provide local services.

We have used Ubuntu Linux and some other editions.

It was very easy to install. It took less than 20 minutes.

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

I would recommend this solution to others. We would like to keep using this solution. We are very satisfied with it.

I would rate RHEV a nine out of ten.

Enterprise Virtualization is for specific customers. We are an integrator and we have some customers who want to have in their data center or in their office a virtualization solution. This solution is perfect for that type of client.

To be clear, for us to use Red Hat, we need an OpenStack platform. Red Hat OpenStack is a Red Hat platform based on OpenStack to make a public cloud platform. Regarding the features we find valuable, we use all the stack on this platform including the network, storage, compute and controller management and they all work well.

There aren't any bugs on the solution.

The UI is based on a default. It's not bad, but it could be a bit better.

The solution could improve its pricing.

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

We have been using the solution has been for about five or six years now.

The solution is quite stable. There aren't bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It works well. It's reliable.

We don't need the assistance of any outside technical support. Currently, we have our own engineers on that. We have about 35 engineers so we don't need to contact their support, but for some debugging or specific cases, we may sometimes need some help to run on the platform. In those instances, we can open tickets if we need to.

We'd like to move to OpenStack for clients that are looking for an internal cloud solution that's private.

The initial setup is straightforward.

We have 10 support engineers that handle maintenance.

As an integrator, we set up the solution for our clients.

We're integrators. We have a partnership with Red Hat.

In our country, we have two business segments. We have cloud and integration segments. Regarding the integration, we help clients layout their requirements or the needs and propose what we can do for the requirement. If the customer wants to have a POC to see how the solution works, we can do POC for them and so on.

We specifically use the cloud version of the solution, because it's to provide cloud solutions to our end customers. We have built our cloud solution on Red Hat and our end clients like to change it can have a private tenant to manage their own virtual machine, their networks, and their routers, and so on. We have many, many end customers on the platform.

Some of our clients currently use Red Hat Virtualization and they are looking for a private cloud solution now. We probably need to migrate the existing Red Hat Virtualization to the Red Hat OpenStack platform for these clients.

It's a very good solution. It works very well. We haven't had any issues with any technical aspects and it works well.

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.

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

I heard that there are big differences between Red Hat 8 and 7, but it's still quite difficult for me to judge it. I found it a bit more difficult to manage than version seven, which was much easier. In terms of features, though, it is still not yet clear which is better. I have no clear idea of which features need to be changed at the moment.

Scalability is also available. At our company, we have three people managing Red Hat, but about 600 users that use service and hosting of Red Hat.

We are in touch with technical support and whenever we have an issue we get good support from the Red Hat team. I am satisfied with their technical support. I am an Open Source fan so this is one of my favorites.

We use Windows, of course, and we also use Ubuntu for some other applications. For our core applications, however, we use Red Hat.

I would say the price is acceptable.

If someone asked me, I would strongly recommend using Red Hat. I have spoken to many other Red Hat users. The main issue is the lack of knowledge with most engineers and system admins. They don't know how to use Red Hat. They found that Windows, for example, is easier to manage. I would recommend Red Hat, though, and I would like to do something to raise the awareness of how to use Red Hat. I would strongly recommend they work hard to introduce people to Red Hat and how to manage Red Hat. I know there are courses, workshops, and seminars. Red Hat is doing all of that. The main issue which I think Red Hat has to focus on, however, is that colleges, universities, and most institutions focus on Windows-based solutions. Red Hat has to be there in the education sector, so engineer or system admin graduates will at least have a small knowledge of what Red Hat is.

I would rate Red Hat as seven out of ten. I think it's really hard to get a ten because this is technology and technology is always improving. We'll never stop. Ten means perfect, no improvement required. So I would never rate any tech solution as ten or even nine of ten. I can say, however, that this solution is fine for me.

The primary use of this solution is to implement ERP. If you want to have multiple servers on the same machine or if you do not require multiple machines it supports kernel-based virtual machines.

The solution is overall very good with all the facilities. It is user friendly, easy to configure, has documentation, and support is available. 

Customers are not aware of this solution, they can improve by providing more awareness and solution availability. The technical features are okay right now for our requirements, but of course, with technology, there are areas for improvement.

Additionally, there should be more integration with other platforms. 

I have used it for a couple of years.

It is a very stable solution.

The solution is scalable.

It has good support, but we did not require to use it much.

The installation was easy. The time was affected by configuration requirements and the extent of work needed for customization. For example, the simplicity or complexity of it, how many virtual machines we want to establish, or whether we want MDM.

We normally use approximately 35 people to implement the solution.

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

I would recommend this solution to other users.

I rate RHEV a nine out of ten.