Compare Oracle VM vs. Proxmox VE
Oracle VM is ranked 7th in Server Virtualization Software with 11 reviews while Proxmox VE which is ranked 6th in Server Virtualization Software with 4 reviews. Oracle VM is rated 7.6, while Proxmox VE is rated 8.2. 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 Proxmox VE writes "Switched from Citrix XEN and EMC VMWare: No downtime when node needs service but web interface could be simplified". Oracle VM is most compared with KVM, VMware vSphere and Hyper-V, whereas Proxmox VE is most compared with XenServer, VMware vSphere and KVM. See our Oracle VM vs. Proxmox VE 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. We previously used VMware but then moved to Oracle VM. I find that it works better than VMware in some cases. It is very useful for the project management of our company. | Proxmox allows us to achieve affordable performance while keeping high levels of data protection and flexibility. It is easier to balance loads across hypervisors if a given container or virtual machine uses more resources than its peers. We now have the ability to quickly build and deploy VM desktops for application testing with the snapshot ability to rollback, as required. Saves a lot of time compared to imaging physical desktops. The template option allows us to build a desktop in a VM, then quickly deploy as a linked clone. |
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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. The web interface could be faster. 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. | This solution needs a more flexible and efficient backup solution in the dashboard. It would be nice to have total CPU and RAM allocations show for all VMs/CTs to avoid overloading an individual hypervisor. Separate physical network for Corosync/Heartbeat should be emphasized in the Quick Start or Getting Started documentation. Some of the more advanced features and options required for setup still need to use the console and hand edit config files. |
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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. I do not have experience with the pricing and licensing of the product. | Proxmox is free software, but if you prefer the support and a more rested repository then you can pay for it. An excellent choice for budget sensitive operations. The cost is excellent. |
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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. | Proxmox VE is a complete virtualization management solution for servers. |
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| 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, | Municipality of Trento, SwitchMIA, inDenova, Valmeita City Council, Alpha IT AS, Grupo Inversor Veracruzano S.A.P.I. de C.V. (GRIVER), Laut und Schoen, IT-Services - Hamburg e.K., KMI Learning, Dynacom Tankers Management Ltd., Serwise AG |
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Financial Services Firm19% Consumer Goods10% Comms Service Provider10% Local Government10% Energy/Utilities Company15% Comms Service Provider15% Software R&D Company13% Media Company11% | Comms Service Provider18% 14% Financial Services Firm10% Retailer8% |
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