We primarily use the solution across all of our systems.
Infrastructure Consultant at Oriental Weavers
A solution that offers good system protection, very good scalability and fair pricing
Pros and Cons
- "The scalability of the solution is very good."
- "The solution should work to simplify the system. However, it should be flexible enough to allow for special cases."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The system offers good protection that we as users can trust.
What needs improvement?
The solution should work to simplify the system. However, it should be flexible enough to allow for special cases.
The solution should also make little improvements and tweaks to performance, reliability, redundancy, and DR systems. There should be better recovery offered to protect and ensure the application of systems and backups.
More information about administration features, like the replication feature, should be provided.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability is okay, but it could be better.
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What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability of the solution is very good.
How are customer service and support?
I've heard technical support is good, but I've never reached out to them for assistance.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup isn't too complex.
What about the implementation team?
I handled the implementation myself.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We're satisfied with the pricing the solution offers.
What other advice do I have?
We use the on-premises deployment model.
I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Technical Sales Consultant at FOEX GmbH
The most valuable feature for me is the ability to use it as a client or a server to test our APEX environment and the plugins that we create.
Valuable Features:
The most valuable feature for me is the ability to use it as a client or a server to test our APEX environment and the plugins that we create. It also runs very quickly and doesn’t use up much battery power on a MacBook.
Improvements to My Organization:
Since I usually work from my home office, it increases efficiency because I don’t have to connect to the company’s database to run tests. I can do everything locally.
Room for Improvement:
The initial configuration was a little tricky. Setup could be simpler.
Use of Solution:
I have used the product for half a year.
Initial Setup:
Again, the initial setup is complex.
Other Advice:
Take care configuring the network. It’s tricky to get everything running, but there are certain benefits to look forward to after you do.
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Manager of Data Center at a insurance company with 51-200 employees
Free and competitive Desktop Visualization tool
Valuable Features:
1. OracleVm Virtual box is free.
2. It is relatively fast, with an enjoyable performance.
3. It also allows you to connect to a virtual machine through the Remote Desktop Protocol.
Room for Improvement:
I found it difficult to print from the host printer.Oracle VM Virtualbox is my first choice when it comes to desktop visualization. It doesn’t require any additional skill to deploy. With a simple wizard, I was able to install Windows 8 better edition on my laptop running windows 7. I also have Ubuntu running on the OracleVM.
Other Advice:
OracleVM has been helpful to me, as I now test my scripts on different operating systems in a single machine before deploying them. This makes my work much easier, without incurring additional costs. Supporting my remote clients with diverse OS is much easier. All I need to do is open a similar operating system to theirs, in my system, as I guide them through some task. Before now, I had to look for a PC running a similar OS, before guiding them through some tasks.
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Consultant at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees
I've used VMWarePlayer and VirutalPC but decided on VM Virtualbox for support of Snapshot and Linux
What is most valuable?
Snapshot
How has it helped my organization?
Building a sandbox to evaluate the new feature and scrape after tested
What needs improvement?
Overhead of Memory and CPU resource
For how long have I used the solution?
More than 6 years (since VirtualBox 1.6)
What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
Not particularly
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
New release may experience stability issues with a new guest OS such as Windows 8
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Due to memory overhead, I would not suggest creating more than 6 VM instances per one physical platform
How are customer service and technical support?
Customer Service: Moderate (3/5)Technical Support: Moderate (3/5)
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
VMWarePlayer - no support of Snapshot VirutalPC - unstable and no support for Linux
How was the initial setup?
Pretty easy
What about the implementation team?
In-house team
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Minimal - because the setup was straightforward and operation is easy
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
VMWarePlayer VirtualPC
What other advice do I have?
Community support is the best source for implementation assistance
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Manager of Infrastructure at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Enables us to provision virtual machines
Pros and Cons
- "The configuration and installation is pretty straightforward."
What is most valuable?
- Ease of use
- The configuration and installation is pretty straightforward.
How has it helped my organization?
Enables us to provision virtual machines faster than before.
What needs improvement?
No ideas come to mind.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've used VirtualBox for around five years.
What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
The installation was straightforward.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
No stability issues were experienced.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
No scalability issues were experienced.
How are customer service and technical support?
Customer Service:
Support from Oracle in general is good. I would give customer service a rating of four out of five.
Support from Oracle in general is good. I would give technical support a rating of four out of five.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We used a different solution before and switched due to high licensing costs and almost non-existent support.
How was the initial setup?
The installation was straightforward with no issues encountered.
What about the implementation team?
The implementation was done with a combination of a business partner and the vendor.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Always liaise with the vendor and business partners to get the best pricing.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
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System Engineer at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
An easy to set up solution good for testing virtual infrastructure that needs better flexibility
Pros and Cons
- "The initial setup was straightforward."
- "The solution needs to improve its flexibility. It's not as flexible as VMware."
What is our primary use case?
We primarily use the solution to test our virtual infrastructure.
What is most valuable?
The solution works quickly.
We can install Oracle VM Manager and from this manager, we can create our VMs on the machine.
What needs improvement?
The solution needs to improve its flexibility. It's not as flexible as VMware.
For how long have I used the solution?
We've been using the solution for about four months now.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was straightforward.
What other advice do I have?
We use the private cloud deployment model.
We're currently in the testing phase, but we're hoping to go into production soon.
We moved to using Oracle VM because we have a small license. We did not enough have licenses for all server cores. Oracle VM has an advanced feature for hard partitioning.
We're using the solution for the Oracle database but only on the Oracle application server.
I'd rate the solution six out of ten.
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Developer at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Free, Amazing and Powerful, Cross-platform Virtualization Software
Valuable Features:
1. It is a free software
2. Performance is at a very good level
3. If there is a problem it can be fixed easily because it has a good community website.
Room for Improvement:
If the user faces a problem he has to read a large amount of docs to fix them.
Other Advice:
Oracle VM Virtual box is a very good tool for me. The main reason is that it is a free product. Also, if I face a problem, I can fix it because the community website provides very good support. You do not need to have a high level of skills to work with it. As a student and a programmer, I have to use it with different operating systems. I have to check my codes in several operating systems. For that, Oracle VM is a very useful tool. On my laptop, I am running Ubuntu on OracleVM.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Virtual Box is a free and great product to create a OS and use it. Wonderful features compared to VMWARE.
IT Administrator at a energy/utilities company with 501-1,000 employees
It's easy to install and configure, and we're able to share USB devices between host VMs.
Valuable Features
The most valuable feature for us is the fact that it's free. It's also easy to install and configure, and we're able to share USB devices between host VMs. In this case, 'sharing' means that only one instance can use the USB device at a time, but you can detach the device and attach it to a different instance (VM or host). This is valuable as it allows you to transfer data without networking.
Improvements to My Organization
I can install and test VMs on my own computer before installing live versions on the company VMware host.
Room for Improvement
Stability should be improved because sometimes the VirtualBox stops. I believe this maybe a compatibility issue, but I'm not sure.
Use of Solution
I've been using it for three months.
Deployment Issues
We have had no issues with the deployment.
Stability Issues
Sometimes the VirtualBox stops and the process cannot be killed. The computer then needs to be restarted.
Scalability Issues
We have had no issues with the scalability.
Customer Service and Technical Support
Customer Service:
I've never asked for support from customer service.
Technical Support:I've never asked for support from technical support. The issue I had was not important enough for me to need them.
Initial Setup
The initial setup was straightforward and easy.
Implementation Team
We did it ourselves in-house with no need for support from the vendor or any third-party team.
Pricing, Setup Cost and Licensing
I use the free version.
Other Advice
You should try it as it's free.
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