We performed a comparison between Proxmox VE and RHEV based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Server Virtualization Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We now have the ability to quickly build and deploy VM desktops for application testing with the snapshot ability to rollback, as required."
"The template option allows us to build a desktop in a VM, then quickly deploy as a linked clone."
"In addition to the virtualization, the firewall and the routing functions that it provides are valuable."
"It is easy to deploy."
"I like that it's secure, and I find its Software RAID very useful. It's way better than the Hardware RAID I was used to. I'm really impressed by their Software RAID feature."
"It's been a stable solution."
"You can easily migrate VMs between hosts."
"The solution is easy to install. It can run on a lot of different types of hardware. Creating virtual machines with it is really easy."
"It's a scalable solution."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the support portal."
"The price is the solution's most valuable aspect. It's much cheaper than, for example, VMware."
"It is a scalable solution."
"Red Hat is the most stable system."
"It is very stable."
"RHEV’s cost is much less compared to VMware."
"The most valuable features of RHEV are all the tools, such as virtualization, management of cloud platforms, and integration of container environments. The solution has good compatibility between virtualization, content management, and cloud management. Having the full set of these tools is the advantage of it."
"Since I face issues importing Windows OVA inside Proxmox VE, a clickable button should be added to select the OVA format and import it inside Proxmox VE."
"The virtualizer in Proxmox VE could improve."
"It might be interesting to have the ability to integrate with other cloud solutions."
"The solution is not good at upgrading and this is why I using version 6.2 and not version 7. There is no easy way to implement the upgrade. I don't have enough experience to do it safely."
"If this solution could import directly from OVS format then it would make migration much easier."
"The availability of the solution could be a bit better."
"The only issue I have with Proxmox VE is updating it. You have to manually update it or you have to have a way to update it automatically."
"We are facing issues with disk utilization and disk performance."
"We would like the dashboard feature of this solution to be improved, as it is not very detailed at present."
"While everything needs improvement in some way, I have no specifics."
"Configuring the network interfaces is much better in Ubuntu and should be improved."
"With RHEV, the cyberattacks should be fewer. I want RHEV to be better protected."
"The solution could use network virtualization."
"This solution could be more secure."
"The Administration of the Oracle database and the SAP ERP needs improvement."
"The documentation is not as good as it should be."
Proxmox VE is ranked 1st in Server Virtualization Software with 58 reviews while RHEV is ranked 10th in Server Virtualization Software with 32 reviews. Proxmox VE is rated 8.6, while RHEV is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Proxmox VE writes "Easy to use and supports multi-monitors on multiple VMs in KVM". On the other hand, the top reviewer of RHEV writes "Offers frameworks with well-documented API and easy to use". Proxmox VE is most compared with VMware vSphere, Oracle VM VirtualBox, KVM, Nutanix AHV Virtualization and OpenVZ, whereas RHEV is most compared with VMware vSphere, KVM, Hyper-V, Oracle VM and Nutanix AHV Virtualization. See our Proxmox VE vs. RHEV report.
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