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Hyper-V

Read 134 Hyper-V reviews
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Oracle VM

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82% willing to recommend
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Hyper-V vs. Oracle VM
March 2024
Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Hyper-V and Oracle VM 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.
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Featured Review
Pablo Ramírez
User-friendly and has native integration with Azure
The solution is very user-friendly. Since we have an agreement with Microsoft, it is really easy to use and doesn't cost us much.
Abdelkrim Ferroudj
Offers numerous features in its commercial version
Quotes From Members
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Pros
"The solution is easy to configure.""It utilizes the hardware so there are multiple applications running on one hypervisor.""We chose this solution because of the pricing and the simplicity of the product.""The most valuable features are ease of use, and it gets the job done in a straightforward manner.""It is a very stable product. We have not had any issues with Hyper-V crashing itself.""Hyper-V deployment is very user-friendly. It supports partial scripting and offers a UI for a smooth experience. There's also PowerShell scripting available for advanced users.""I like that Hyper-V comes for free with Windows Server. You don't need to buy the license, and you only have to pay for the management aspect in System Center.""I appreciate its stability and user-friendly management interface."

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"It is simple and straightforward, and it will only require you one system integrator to do the job.""In terms of server provisioning, it only takes a few clicks of a button and a bit of install automation.""The solution is easy to use. You can spin one up when you need to and then shut it down.""Ability to patch with no downtime.""I rate Oracle VM's scalability a ten out of ten.""Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.""VMware is user-friendly, with clear integration and detailed migration.""What I like the most is the failover and the quick restore of virtual machines."

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Cons
"VLAN is not very easy to configure.""I would love to see other options for connecting VMs to large data storage.""There are some storage problems which do occur in high load systems, especially SQL workloads.""The biggest problem with Hyper-V is that the virtual machines are mostly running on top of the Windows Server, so we often need to reboot the machine and virtual machines when updating the host level. That's why we prefer VMware. It's much easier to patch the host. Also, Hyper-V has security vulnerabilities. It's easy to attack and compromise the host.""The solution is heavily reliant on Microsoft's active directory for authentication, for coordination between nodes. Therefore, it inherits all the issues that are within the active directory.""SCVMM needs to be more user-friendly. Without SCVMM, automating is not easy to use and we look forward to the upcoming versions of SCVMM becoming simpler and more admin friendly.""Some of the interfaces need improvements, like the virtual switch or virtual VLAN interfaces.""It would be nice if they provided a free management console that we could use to manage all of the hosts for no additional fee."

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"The usage could be easier, and more user-friendly.""Oracle VM should be more feature-rich.""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.""There have been some security issues in the past.""The solution needs more features and flexibility in terms of communicating with other platforms. If it had that, it would be the perfect product.""There is no memory over-subscription and CPU over-subscription. That has to be improved in terms of Oracle VM perspective. The other leading virtualizing software solutions have this feature.""There are currently issues with centralized storage.""The user interface of the version that we have requires improvement. They have already improved the user interface in the latest version, but we are yet to migrate to that. The new UI is much better. I would like it to be simple. It is serving all of our needs, and I don't think it is necessary to keep adding. We are able to provision a VM in ten minutes, and provisioning it in five minutes will not have any added benefit."

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  • "It's cheap, but not the best."
  • "Once we bought the datacenter version of the server, we did away with worrying about the cost of licensing our VMs separately"
  • "It comes with all the features and goodies inside the box, so you do not have to purchase anything else."
  • "We did not have to pay extra money for the Failover Clustering feature."
  • "We chose this solution because of the pricing and the simplicity of the product."
  • "I do not have any comments about pricing or licensing of the product."
  • "Microsoft recently tacked on a higher price for their software to use the storage migration in the Storage Spaces Direct array. That was just terrible."
  • "The pricing isn't too bad, because you can do the bare metal hypervisor, and it is pretty fair. Other competitors are more expensive."

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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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    Questions from the Community
    How does KVM compare with Hyper-V?
    Top Answer:KVM is better. But let's just look at the software instead of judging Hyper-V was a free solution from Microsoft to virtualize Server or Client OS as it is a feature on Windows Server since 2008 and… more »
    How does Proxmox VE compare with Hyper-V?
    Top Answer:One of the best things about Proxmox VE is that it is open-source and very inexpensive. You get all of the same features as with the more well-known products. Proxmox VE is very easy to deploy - it… more »
    What do you like most about Hyper-V?
    Top Answer:Hyper-V helps to make a replica server between two machines. It is very easy to learn.
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    Which is better - Oracle VM or KVM?
    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 »
    Which is better - Oracle VM or VMware VSphere?
    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 »
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    What do you like most about Oracle VM?
    Top Answer:Oracle VM is user-friendly and facilitates compliance with Oracle Licensing, a feature not provided by competitors like VMware or Hyper-V. Oracle prefers customers to use their technology. It is also… more »
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    Ranking
    3rd
    out of 21 in Server Virtualization Software
    Views
    41,921
    Comparisons
    34,526
    Reviews
    29
    Average Words per Review
    399
    Rating
    7.7
    7th
    out of 21 in Server Virtualization Software
    Views
    15,551
    Comparisons
    11,050
    Reviews
    17
    Average Words per Review
    401
    Rating
    8.2
    Comparisons
    VMware vSphere logo
    VMware vSphere vs. Hyper-V
    Compared 32% of the time.
    VMware Workstation logo
    VMware Workstation vs. Hyper-V
    Compared 21% of the time.
    Proxmox VE logo
    Proxmox VE vs. Hyper-V
    Compared 11% of the time.
    Oracle VM VirtualBox logo
    Oracle VM VirtualBox vs. Hyper-V
    Compared 8% of the time.
    RHEV logo
    RHEV vs. Hyper-V
    Compared 1% of the time.
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    VMware vSphere logo
    VMware vSphere vs. Oracle VM
    Compared 34% of the time.
    KVM logo
    KVM vs. Oracle VM
    Compared 20% of the time.
    Oracle VM VirtualBox logo
    Oracle VM VirtualBox vs. Oracle VM
    Compared 18% of the time.
    Proxmox VE logo
    Proxmox VE vs. Oracle VM
    Compared 13% of the time.
    RHEV logo
    RHEV vs. Oracle VM
    Compared 3% of the time.
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    Overview

    Hyper-V is a hardware virtualization tool that allows users to create virtual computer environments with multiple operating systems on a single physical server. Each virtual machine has computer parts, such as memory, processor, storage, and networking, and acts like a standard computer - running its own operating system and software programs. Each component of the virtual machine can be configured to meet your specific requirements.

    Hyper-V creates a cost-effective, stable, and productive server virtualization environment by running multiple operating systems, such as Windows, Linux, and more, in parallel on one machine or server. Each virtual machine runs in its own isolated space, which means you can run many virtual machines simultaneously but independently of each other. This helps prevent problems such as a crash affecting the other workloads and enables different users to separately access various systems.

    Benefits of Hyper-V

    • Simplify application testing: With Hyper-V you can easily add and remove operating systems from your virtual machines, enabling you to run and test your applications on each of them all from one single computer.

    • Minimize resource usage and scalability: Virtual machines are easier to manage than physical hardware and less expensive. You can also maximize your server use by allocating its resources more efficiently than you can with physical hardware alone.

    Hyper-V key features:.

    • Replication and migration: Hyper-V can replicate virtual machines for backups onto different sites. Hyper-V also provides a migration tool for moving a virtual machine from one Hyper-V host to another without causing any downtime.

    • Remote connection: Hyper-V’s remote connectivity tool allows administrators to remotely access a virtual machine.

    • Security: Hyper-V keeps virtual machines secure from malware attacks, unauthorized access, and data breaching attempts.

     Reviews from Real Users

    Hyper-V stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Several major ones are its flexibility, its replication capabilities, and the fact that its virtual machines utilize a small amount of resources..

    Liam L., the owner of a tech services company, writes, “It is actually very low on resources. It doesn't use many resources. It is also very easy to tailor. You can change things like the amount of memory and storage on the fly. It is very stable and reliable. I like its replication feature, which is very good. It is also very easy to move the virtual machines across push servers without any difficulty. Its performance is also very good. Now with this pandemic, a lot of workers are working from home. A lot of workers have been using laptops as their desktop computers, and they would remote into a virtual PC. There is no difficulty, and they can't tell the difference between this and the real one. It is much easier to manage.”

    Kevin E. an IT director at Homeland Technology Group, LLC, notes, “We've probably seen a 50 percent speed increase on our SQL server. Hyper-V has also significantly reduced our downtimes with faster boot-up and reboot. If we have to reboot a server, there is maybe two or three minutes of downtime. When we were on a bare-metal server, it could be five to ten minutes due to the total boot time.”

    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.

    Sample Customers
    Large customer base from all industries, all over the world. Two major Hyper-V customers are Telefonica and EmpireCLS.
    Ambulance Victoria, Australian Finance Group (AFG), Avnet Technology Solutions, CERN, cloudKleyer, Danish Tax Authority (SKAT), Data Intensity, Dubai World, Engineers Australia, Enkitec, Groupe FLO, Guerra S.A. Implemento, s Rodovišrios, Interactive One, IT Convergence, Jesta Digital, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, KT, Kyoto Prefecture, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory / National Ignition Facility, Multinet Pakistan, National Australia Bank (NAB), Navis LLC, Overhead Door, Overstock.com, Paragon Data, Parks Victoria, Pella, Sunway Shared Services, St. Louis Metro, Terminales Ro de la Plata S.A., University of Massachusetts, Versace,
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Computer Software Company10%
    Outsourcing Company8%
    Energy/Utilities Company8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization30%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Comms Service Provider7%
    Government7%
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company18%
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Consumer Goods Company8%
    Retailer8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization45%
    Computer Software Company9%
    Financial Services Firm6%
    Government5%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business47%
    Midsize Enterprise24%
    Large Enterprise28%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise37%
    Large Enterprise42%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business35%
    Midsize Enterprise23%
    Large Enterprise42%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise52%
    Large Enterprise34%
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    Hyper-V is ranked 3rd in Server Virtualization Software with 134 reviews while Oracle VM is ranked 7th in Server Virtualization Software with 76 reviews. Hyper-V is rated 8.0, while Oracle VM is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Hyper-V writes "It's a low-cost solution that enabled us to shrink everything down into a single server ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle VM writes "A cheap option available for Linux environments which is useful for many workloads". Hyper-V is most compared with VMware vSphere, VMware Workstation, Proxmox VE, Oracle VM VirtualBox and RHEV, whereas Oracle VM is most compared with VMware vSphere, KVM, Oracle VM VirtualBox, Proxmox VE and RHEV. See our Hyper-V vs. Oracle VM report.

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