We performed a comparison between Oracle VM 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."It is a stable product."
"VMware is user-friendly, with clear integration and detailed migration."
"It is simple and straightforward, and it will only require you one system integrator to do the job."
"It's a very flexible solution because you have all the commands that you can do yourself."
"What I like best about this product is that it's free."
"The product is simple and easy to use."
"The most valuable aspect of the solution is the resource management from the OVM Manager."
"Because of the virtualization for Linux, I use just Linux basically in all VMs, a few with Windows."
"It is very stable."
"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."
"One of the most valuable features of this solution is the popularity of the OS."
"Red Hat is the most stable system."
"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
"It's a scalable solution."
"The solution is a great all-round product. The virtualization is especially good."
"RHEV’s cost is much less compared to VMware."
"I would say third-party plugins to other storage vendors. There are a lot of converged infrastructure setups; one that we have, multiple different hardware vendors. So that would be something we could definitely be looking for."
"This solution is not as stable as other solutions in the market. But, Oracle has made an effort to improve these issues with recent updates."
"Something that could be improved are the snapshots that go in the ZFS Storage. If you want to enjoy Oracle VM, you will definitely want it to go together with ZFS Storage to maximize on the snapshot facility."
"There are issues with the solution's stability since it crashes."
"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."
"If there are issues with the storage, then all the machines go down, even if I have a backup solution in place."
"It doesn't monitor everything, which is a little bit more difficult. It doesn't seem to have as many features or metrics to monitor as some others do, so you have to make some homemade scripts to do it."
"Productivity in Oracle VM could still be improved, and an additional feature to make the product better is compatibility with Kubernetes and other modern technologies."
"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."
"We would like the dashboard feature of this solution to be improved, as it is not very detailed at present."
"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."
"When we do a direct comparison, then obviously VMware does better in terms of having Fault Tolerance and doing active disaster recovery and these kind of things. This is something that can be improved within Red Hat."
"There is not any proper documentation on the site to reference."
"The solution has a very small lifecycle."
"The documentation is not as good as it should be."
"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."
Oracle VM is ranked 7th in Server Virtualization Software with 76 reviews while RHEV is ranked 10th in Server Virtualization Software with 32 reviews. Oracle VM is rated 7.8, while RHEV is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Oracle VM writes "A cheap option available for Linux environments which is useful for many workloads". On the other hand, the top reviewer of RHEV writes "Offers frameworks with well-documented API and easy to use". Oracle VM is most compared with VMware vSphere, KVM, Oracle VM VirtualBox, Proxmox VE and VMware Workstation, whereas RHEV is most compared with VMware vSphere, KVM, Proxmox VE, Hyper-V and Nutanix AHV Virtualization. See our Oracle VM vs. RHEV report.
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