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Top Answer: KVM scales better, orchestration better, performs better and supports a wider range of hardware and, also, you can implement at ZERO cost and with a very powerful web interface for management, from… more » Top Answer: Small support team, small cluster, low core count, use VMware products
Large support team, large clusters with many cores, use KVM.
KVM scales better, orchestration better, performs better and… more » Top Answer: Far from being an expert, my opinion is that the positive sides of KVM are:
Lower costs and open-source which gives the abilities to customize it according to the specific needs of each customer. | Ask a question Earn 20 points |
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Views 85,984 Comparisons 78,598 Reviews 9 Average Words per Review 431 Rating 8.0 | Views 2,146 Comparisons 1,989 Reviews 0 Average Words per Review 0 Rating N/A |
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| KVM (for Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on x86 hardware containing virtualization extensions (Intel VT or AMD-V). It consists of a loadable kernel module, kvm.ko, that provides the core virtualization infrastructure and a processor specific module, kvm-intel.ko or kvm-amd.ko. | OpenVZ is a container-based virtualization for Linux. OpenVZ creates multiple secure, isolated Linux containers (otherwise known as VEs or VPSs) on a single physical server enabling better server utilization and ensuring that applications do not conflict. Each container performs and executes exactly like a stand-alone server; a container can be rebooted independently and have root access, users, IP addresses, memory, processes, files, applications, system libraries and configuration files. |
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| MediaWiki, Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia, Wikivoyage, Wikidata, Wikiversity, Commons | Atlassian, Funtoo Linux, FastVPS, MontanaLinux, Parallels, Pixar Animation Studios, Travis CI, Yandex, WarGaming.Net |
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Comms Service Provider34% Computer Software Company29% Media Company6% Educational Organization5% | Comms Service Provider45% Computer Software Company15% Media Company8% Financial Services Firm6% |
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Small Business59% Midsize Enterprise12% Large Enterprise29% | No Data Available |
Find out what your peers are saying about VMware, Proxmox, KVM and others in Server Virtualization Software. Updated: January 2021.
456,812 professionals have used our research since 2012.
KVM is ranked 3rd in Server Virtualization Software with 8 reviews while OpenVZ is ranked 11th in Server Virtualization Software. KVM is rated 8.0, while OpenVZ is rated 0.0. The top reviewer of KVM writes "Stable, easy to set up, and very easy to use". On the other hand, KVM is most compared with Oracle VM VirtualBox, Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, Oracle VM and ISPsystem VMmanager, whereas OpenVZ is most compared with Proxmox VE, Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, Oracle VM VirtualBox and VMware Workstation.
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