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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.
To learn more, read our detailed Oracle VM vs. RHEV Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"Ability to patch with no downtime.""It's a very flexible solution because you have all the commands that you can do yourself.""It is a scalable solution.""What I like the most is the failover and the quick restore of virtual machines.""Virtualization platform that's easy to set up, and has good scalability and stability.""The biggest advantage of Oracle VM is that you can separate your clusters to get your licenses agreement in scope.""The Foundation is the most valuable feature of Oracle VM.""It is highly esteemed for its ability to efficiently optimize and enhance the operational speed and responsiveness of virtualized environments."

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"Customers are moving to open source and Red Hat is the leader in this particular space. I think customers feel more confident running Red Hat Virtualization than VMware.""Technically, the main reason why I'm using Red Hat is because of its stability.""It is a scalable solution.""We find the ease of use of this solution to be invaluable. It is user-friendly and integrates well with other software.""Red Hat is the most stable system.""One of the most valuable features of this solution is the popularity of the OS.""RHEV’s cost is much less compared to VMware.""It is very stable."

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Cons
"The pricing could be cheaper. It is very pricey.""I've found that using Oracle VM is like stepping back in time. It's not kept up with technology. The only reason anyone uses it is that they're afraid of Oracle's licensing. Oracle has a tremendously bad licensing approach.""It was a complex setup. It was very difficult for me.""I think more Command-Line options for the product, for deployments.""The solution needs more features and flexibility in terms of communicating with other platforms. If it had that, it would be the perfect product.""The solution is an outdated Xen-based application.""Something that could be improved are the snapshots that go in the ZFS Storage.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.""You need to have a model for documentation available for the users. Right now, if you have to search for some troubleshooting, you need to have Oracle login. Many personnel might not have that login. The reach, the availability of information to the end-user, is not there."

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"The solution has a very small lifecycle.""We'd like it if it would be possible on Red Hat Virtualization to possibly connect two or three VMs to the same disk.""It lags behind in that you need to go to something like Fedora to get all the extra bells and whistles.""Red Hat by itself is not scalable. But you can have third party add-ons like Ceph to make it massively scalable.""The documentation is not as good as it should be.""While everything needs improvement in some way, I have no specifics.""The solution could use network virtualization.""We would like the dashboard feature of this solution to be improved, as it is not very detailed at present."

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  • "Oracle's VM VirtualBox is a powerful, free, and open-source virtualization tool."
  • "The cost of scalability. You pay for what you use. It's free to download, free to install, and the support side has been very helpful."
  • "The price of this product is high."
  • "If you buy an Oracle server, this solution is free. You have to only pay for support."
  • "The cost of this solution is cheap. It is one of the reasons we chose Oracle VM. It is truly "pocket- friendly.""
  • "Pricing and licensing is one of the main decision making reasons for going to Oracle VM because it was cost effective."
  • "Oracle VM is free if you are running it on Oracle infrastructure hardware, otherwise, it is subscription-based."
  • "Licensing costs are less for Oracle Linux and for clients moving to the Oracle Cloud, as it is included in the price of the subscription."
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  • "This is an open-source solution."
  • "I would say the price is acceptable."
  • "We are using the free version of Red Hat."
  • "I believe we pay on a yearly basis."
  • "We buy a license for commercial use, and we also use the free editions."
  • "We have to pay extra for vulnerability and fault tolerance."
  • "The solution does not require licencing but a subscription is necessary, which is very affordable."
  • "The price of RHEV is high. It is an open-source solution, the price should be less. The price should not be on par with a solution, such as VMware. It's not more or equal to VMware, it's less, but the difference should be more substantial."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer: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 not… more »
    Top Answer: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… more »
    Top Answer:I rate Oracle VM's scalability a ten out of ten.
    Top Answer:RHEV’s cost is much less compared to VMware.
    Top Answer:It is an open-source solution. We do not need to pay the license cost if we install and manage the tool. We must purchase the license and support if we need a global patch. The subscription fee… more »
    Top Answer: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… more »
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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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    Qualcomm and Bonham's Auction House.
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    Computer Software Company18%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Consumer Goods Company8%
    Retailer8%
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    Educational Organization45%
    Computer Software Company9%
    Financial Services Firm6%
    Government5%
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    Comms Service Provider33%
    Computer Software Company20%
    Integrator13%
    Manufacturing Company13%
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    Educational Organization50%
    Computer Software Company9%
    Financial Services Firm6%
    Government4%
    Company Size
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    Small Business33%
    Midsize Enterprise23%
    Large Enterprise43%
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    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise52%
    Large Enterprise34%
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    Small Business58%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise30%
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    Midsize Enterprise56%
    Large Enterprise32%
    Buyer's Guide
    Oracle VM vs. RHEV
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Oracle VM vs. RHEV and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    Oracle VM is ranked 7th in Server Virtualization Software with 18 reviews while RHEV is ranked 10th in Server Virtualization Software with 8 reviews. Oracle VM is rated 7.8, while RHEV is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Oracle VM writes "Flexible solution with extensive features like OVM Manager, enabling you to avoid hard coding". On the other hand, the top reviewer of RHEV writes "An easy initial setup with fair pricing and good reliability". 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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