Compare Oracle VM vs. Oracle VM VirtualBox
Oracle VM is ranked 7th in Server Virtualization Software with 10 reviews while Oracle VM VirtualBox is ranked 5th in Server Virtualization Software with 14 reviews. Oracle VM is rated 7.8, while Oracle VM VirtualBox is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Oracle VM writes "Low cost robust VM soln with ability to patch with no downtime and free Live migration". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle VM VirtualBox writes "Enables you to easily create virtual environments and it is simple to use with Mac OS ". Oracle VM is most compared with KVM, VMware vSphere and Hyper-V, whereas Oracle VM VirtualBox is most compared with KVM, Hyper-V and Proxmox VE. See our Oracle VM vs. Oracle VM VirtualBox report.
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The ability to live migrate VMs on the fly from one hypervisor to another has been very useful. Ability to patch with no downtime. The stability of the product is fine. The support staff in the tech support team at Oracle has improved. I find them extremely helpful and they give very solid support. It is simple and straightforward, and it will only require you one system integrator to do the job. It is a stable product. It is very useful for the project management of our company. Overall, the biggest performance is around virtualization and automation, you can build private clouds with Oracle VM using Enterprise Manager. | The initial setup was straightforward. The most valuable feature is the ability to copy bidirectionally between the desktop and the virtual machine. This solution can be used on many different platforms including Windows and Linux. The solution is very stable. I think VirtualBox has good stability because I use it in an environment with several resolutions. The most valuable aspects of the solution were the support and performance of the product and the flexibility it gives you to work. The solution's most valuable feature is its stability. This is a good and easy solution for running virtual environments. |
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We do have a little trepidation with systemd, as it does have a learning curve. 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. This solution is not as stable as other solutions in the market. But, Oracle has made an effort to improve these issues with recent updates. The management can be improved more, and become more agile. It would be nice for it to become more rich in terms of UI. In addition, the replication to disaster recovery needs improvement. It was a complex setup. It was very difficult for me. Integrating with the internal system is not very easy. One is the hypervisor. Right now, it’s all using Xen. What would be really helpful is to have some choice, and the underlying hypervisor technology use KVM which is very popular with certain workloads. I would say third-party plugins to other storage vendors. There are a lot of converged infrastructure setups; one that we have, multiple different hardware vendors. So that would be something we could definitely be looking for. | The solution needs to improve its flexibility. It's not as flexible as VMware. It should have the functionality where if I move the mouse away from one screen, the context changes automatically. The user interface needs to be improved. The solution should have more enterprise features, like migration, high availability storage, disaster recovery, and the ability to deploy to enterprise-scale usage. They should not just offer desktop usage. The technical support needs to improve. The solution has to do a better job of promoting the product and its licensing capabilities. Oracle needs to improve its hot virtual machine migration. It didn't work as intended. It should allow us to migrate between virtual machines, without stopping the database. This should have better support for multiple network cards and some parts of the GUI should be improved. |
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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. I recommend this for any customer wanting to reduce their licensing costs for packaged applications. If you choose Oracle hardware, then this virtualization software is included along with support. We were able to deploy our solution at near zero cost compared to other vendors since the licenses come with our Oracle hardware. 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. If you buy an Oracle server, this solution is free. You have to only pay for support. The price of this product is high. | Everything is free within limitations. Once you go over a certain level of usage you have to license the product. Pricing does not apply for us, we do not have to pay for the service. It is a very cost-effective solution. |
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Views 14,576 Comparisons 10,658 Reviews 10 Average Words per Review 368 Avg. Rating 7.7 | Views 38,917 Comparisons 35,657 Reviews 5 Average Words per Review 339 Avg. Rating 8.6 |
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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. | Oracle VM Virtualbox is a cross-platform virtualizer for x86 servers and desktops, and is also for embedded usage. With this product, you can run multiple operating systems on a single machine, all at the same time, making it a powerful tool to test, develop, demonstrate and deploy solutions. Oracle VM Virtualbox is a professional solution that is also freely available as Open Source Software. It is for both enterprise and home use. This x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization software is high performing and rich in features. Oracle VM Virtualbox currently runs on Windows, Linux, Solaris and Macintosh. It also supports many guest operating systems, such as Windows, DOX/Windows 3. Linux, OS/2, OpenBSD, Solaris and OpenSolaris. For more information on Oracle VM VirtualBox, visit Oracle.com |
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Sample Customers | |
| 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 Ro de la Plata S.A., University of Massachusetts, Versace, | Airbus, Colorado State University, SCS Africa, Wolf Medical Systems. |
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Financial Services Firm19% Consumer Goods10% Comms Service Provider10% Local Government10% Software R&D Company35% Comms Service Provider15% Media Company7% Government6% | Financial Services Firm21% Software R&D Company11% Manufacturing Company11% Aerospace/Defense Firm11% Software R&D Company29% Comms Service Provider14% Media Company12% Government7% |
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