Virtualization comparison & reviews

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2nd 2nd 4th
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  • Fully Supported
  • Limitation
  • Not Supported
  • Information Only
Pros
  • + not specified
  • + Not Specified
  • + OVM subscription includes license for Enterprise Manager
  • + Use OVM to control Oracle Licenses for better TCO
  • + Default choice for Oracle apps (support)
Cons
  • - not specified
  • - Not Specified
  • - Skills - OVM not as widely known as Vmware
  • - Xen Based - Market is working more toward KVM
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  Assessment  
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Overview
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Oracle VM 3.4 with Oracle Enterprise Manager 13c Cloud Control and OpenStack
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Maturity
=EH14
Current Stable Release OVM 3.4: March 26 2016 - Initial Release Date - July 31st of 2008
  Pricing  
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Virtualization
Free
Oracle VM Premier Limited for 2 Sockets Servers 1 Yr - $599.00; Oracle VM Premier for more than 2 Sockets Servers 1 Yr - $1,199.00;
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Management
vSphere Client: Free
$0.00
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Bundle/Kit Pricing
n/a
$0.00
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Guest OS Licensing
No
No
VM Mobility and HA expand
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  VM Mobility  
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Live Migration of VMs
No
Yes - Live Migration
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Migration Compatibility
No
Yes
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Maintenance Mode
No
Yes - Maintenance Mode
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Automated Live Migration
No
Yes
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Power Management
No
Yes
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Storage Migration
No
Yes
  HA/DR  
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Cluster Size
No DRS/HA
32 Hosts in Cluster/Pool
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Integrated HA (Restart vm)
No
Yes - Clustered Pool
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Automatic VM Reset
No
Yes
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VM Lockstep Protection
No
No
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Application/Service HA
No
No
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Replication / Site Failover
No
Yes
Management expand
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  General  
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Central Management
No
Yes - OVM Manager & Oracle Enterprise Manager 13c Cloud Control
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Virtual and Physical
No
Yes - Oracle Enterprise Manager 13c Cloud Control
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RBAC / AD-Integration
Yes (ESXi hosts only)
Yes - Oracle Enterprise Manager 13c Cloud Control
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Cross-Vendor Mgmt
No
Yes - Adding 3rd Party Plug-in from Bluemedora Partner
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Browser Based Mgmt
No
Yes - OVM Manager & Oracle Enterprise Manager 13c Cloud Control
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Adv. Operation Management
No
Yes - Oracle Enterprise Manager 13c Cloud Control
  Updates and Backup  
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Hypervisor Upgrades
No (CLI only)
Yes
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VM Patching
No
Yes
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Live VM Snapshot
Yes
Yes - Hot Clones
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Backup Integration API
No
Yes
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Integrated Backup
No
No
  Deployment  
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Automated Host Deployments
No
Yes
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VM Templates
No
Yes
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Tiered VM Templates
No
Yes
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Host Profiles
No
Yes
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Storage Profiles
No
No
  Other  
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Resource Pools
Limited (hosts-level only)
No
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P2V
Yes (Converter)
Yes
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Self Service Portal
No
Yes
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Orchestration / Workflows
No
Yes
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Security
No
Yes
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Systems Management
=EH53
Yes
Network and Storage expand
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  Storage  
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Supported Storage
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Yes
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SAN Multipath
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Yes
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Shared File System
No
Yes
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Boot From SAN
=EH68
Yes
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Boot from USB
=EH69
Yes
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Virtual Disk Format
=EH70
Raw Images (*.img files)
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Max Disk Size
=EH71
10 TB (if Virtual Disk on OCFS2), Maximum supported on the Guest OS/Filesystem (if Raw Disks)
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Thin Disk Provisioning
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Yes
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NPIV Support
=EH73
No
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Linked Images
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Yes
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SW Storage Replication
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No
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Caching
No
No
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Virtual SAN
No
No
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Storage Integration (API)
No
Yes
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Storage QoS
Yes (basic, no SIOC)
No
  Networking  
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Advanced Network Switch
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Yes
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NIC Teaming
=EH81
Yes
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VLAN
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Yes
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PVLAN
=EH83
No
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IPv6
=EH84
Yes
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I/O Pass-Through
=EH85
Yes
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Jumbo Frames
=EH86
Yes
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Offload Support
=EH87
Yes
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Network QOS
=EH88
No
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Traffic Monitoring
=EH89
Yes
Hypervisor expand
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  General  
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Hypervisor Details/Size
=EH54
Xen Hypervisor - Bare Metal - Java Based Centralizaed Management Interface
  Host Config  
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Max Consolidation Ratio
=EH55
Max Virtual CPU per Host - 4096
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Max CPU / Host
=EH56
384
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Max Cores per CPU
=EH57
N/A
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Max Memory / Host
=EH58
6 TB
  VM Config  
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Max vCPU per VM
=EH59
128 (Windows) & 256 (Linux)
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Max RAM per VM
=EH60
2 TB
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Serial Ports
=EH61
No
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USB Support
=EH62
No
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Hot Add/Plug
=EH63
Yes
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Graphic Acceleration
NO
No
  Memory  
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Dynamic / Over-Commit
=EH90
No
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Memory Page Sharing
=EH91
No
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Large Pages
=EH92
Yes
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HW Memory Translation
=EH93
Yes
  Interoperability  
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OVF Support
Yes (only VA import)
Yes
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HW Compatibility
=EH95
Yes
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Guest OS Support
=EH96
Yes
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Container Support
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Scripting / APIs
=EH98
Yes
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Cloud API
=EH99
Yes
Extensions expand
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  Cloud  
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Overview Cloud
=EH100
Oracle Enterprise Manager is capable of providing IaaS, PaaS and SaaS as well as Hybrid Cloud Management
  Desktop Virtualization  
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Overview VDI
=EH101
Not evaluated
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Virtual SAN
No
No
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Application Management
No
No
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Security Add On
No
No
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Workflow / Orchestration
No
Yes
  5  
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Site Failover
No
Yes
  6  
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Chargeback
No
Yes
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Network Extensions
No
No

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