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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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    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
    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.

    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.


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    Comms Service Provider13%
    University12%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Media Company12%
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    Comms Service Provider33%
    Computer Software Company20%
    Integrator13%
    Manufacturing Company13%
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    Computer Software Company9%
    Financial Services Firm6%
    Government4%
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    Midsize Enterprise21%
    Large Enterprise51%
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    OpenVZ is ranked 12th in Server Virtualization Software while RHEV is ranked 10th in Server Virtualization Software with 32 reviews. OpenVZ is rated 0.0, while RHEV is rated 7.6. On the other hand, the top reviewer of RHEV writes "Offers frameworks with well-documented API and easy to use". OpenVZ is most compared with Proxmox VE, VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, Oracle VM VirtualBox and KVM, whereas RHEV is most compared with VMware vSphere, KVM, Proxmox VE, Hyper-V and Oracle VM.

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