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."Cloning is the best feature in Oracle VM."
"It provides enhancements for network and storage configuration, policy-based management for delivering application resource flexibility, and a GUI."
"It is very useful for the project management of our company."
"I like Oracle VM's vMotion and cloning features."
"Good visualization hypervisor."
"The most valuable aspect of the solution is the resource management from the OVM Manager."
"Overall, the biggest performance is around virtualization and automation, you can build private clouds with Oracle VM using Enterprise Manager."
"In terms of server provisioning, it only takes a few clicks of a button and a bit of install automation."
"The solution is stable."
"The price is the solution's most valuable aspect. It's much cheaper than, for example, VMware."
"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
"The most valuable feature of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization is its pricing."
"The solution makes migration easy."
"It is easy to deal with when comes to application migration and its compatibility with the multiple component applications."
"This solution is very stable. Much more so than similar products."
"We find the ease of use of this solution to be invaluable. It is user-friendly and integrates well with other software."
"There have been some security issues in the past."
"I think more Command-Line options for the product, for deployments."
"There are currently issues with centralized storage."
"There are issues with the solution's stability since it crashes."
"The tool's price and stability could be better."
"The management can be improved more, and become more agile. It would be nice for it to become more rich in terms of UI. In addition, the replication to disaster recovery needs improvement."
"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."
"The only improvement needed for Oracle VM is the look and feel of the interface."
"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."
"The documentation is not as good as it should be."
"The solution should be made more user-friendly."
"The UI should be more interactive with additional features."
"We'd like it if it would be possible on Red Hat Virtualization to possibly connect two or three VMs to the same disk."
"In comparison to VMware, this solution isn't as stable. We're testing it right now, and we're not trusting the stability of the product."
"The solution could use network virtualization."
"The solution has a very small lifecycle."
Oracle VM is ranked 7th in Server Virtualization Software with 75 reviews while RHEV is ranked 10th in Server Virtualization Software with 31 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 "The solution is scalable and affordable, but it lacks features, and it is not easy to manage". 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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