Virtualization comparison & reviews

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2nd 1st 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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Content Creator
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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
=AU14
Current Stable Release OVM 3.4: March 26 2016 - Initial Release Date - July 31st of 2008
  Pricing  
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Virtualization
Ent: $2,875/socket + S&S:$604 (B) or $719 (Prod)
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
=AU17
$0.00
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Bundle/Kit Pricing
=AU18
$0.00
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Guest OS Licensing
=AU19
No
VM Mobility and HA expand
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  VM Mobility  
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Live Migration of VMs
Yes vMotion
- Cross vSwitch vMotion Only
Yes - Live Migration
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Migration Compatibility
=AU27
Yes
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Maintenance Mode
=AU28
Yes - Maintenance Mode
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Automated Live Migration
Yes (DRS) - CPU, Mem - No Storage DRS.
Yes
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Power Management
=AU30
Yes
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Storage Migration
=AU31
Yes
  HA/DR  
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Cluster Size
=AU32
32 Hosts in Cluster/Pool
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Integrated HA (Restart vm)
=AU33
Yes - Clustered Pool
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Automatic VM Reset
=AU34
Yes
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VM Lockstep Protection
Yes (Fault Tolerance) 2 vCPUs.
No
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Application/Service HA
No
No
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Replication / Site Failover
=AU37
Yes
Management expand
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  General  
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Central Management
=AU20
Yes - OVM Manager & Oracle Enterprise Manager 13c Cloud Control
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Virtual and Physical
=AU21
Yes - Oracle Enterprise Manager 13c Cloud Control
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RBAC / AD-Integration
=AU22
Yes - Oracle Enterprise Manager 13c Cloud Control
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Cross-Vendor Mgmt
=AU23
Yes - Adding 3rd Party Plug-in from Bluemedora Partner
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Browser Based Mgmt
=AU24
Yes - OVM Manager & Oracle Enterprise Manager 13c Cloud Control
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Adv. Operation Management
=AU25
Yes - Oracle Enterprise Manager 13c Cloud Control
  Updates and Backup  
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Hypervisor Upgrades
=AU38
Yes
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VM Patching
=AU39
Yes
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Live VM Snapshot
=AU40
Yes - Hot Clones
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Backup Integration API
=AU41
Yes
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Integrated Backup
=AU42
No
  Deployment  
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Automated Host Deployments
No
Yes
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VM Templates
Yes
Yes
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Tiered VM Templates
=AU45
Yes
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Host Profiles
No
Yes
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Storage Profiles
=AU47
No
  Other  
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Resource Pools
=AU48
No
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P2V
=AU49
Yes
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Self Service Portal
No
Yes
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Orchestration / Workflows
=AU51
Yes
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Security
=AU52
Yes
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Systems Management
=AU53
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
=AU67
Yes
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Boot From SAN
=AU68
Yes
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Boot from USB
=AU69
Yes
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Virtual Disk Format
=AU70
Raw Images (*.img files)
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Max Disk Size
=AU71
10 TB (if Virtual Disk on OCFS2), Maximum supported on the Guest OS/Filesystem (if Raw Disks)
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Thin Disk Provisioning
=AU72
Yes
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NPIV Support
=AU73
No
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Linked Images
No
Yes
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SW Storage Replication
=AU75
No
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Caching
No
No
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Virtual SAN
=AU77
No
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Storage Integration (API)
=AU78
Yes
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Storage QoS
Limited (basic, no SIOC)
No
  Networking  
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Advanced Network Switch
No
Yes
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NIC Teaming
Yes (no LACP Support)
Yes
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VLAN
=AU82
Yes
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PVLAN
No
No
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IPv6
=AU84
Yes
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I/O Pass-Through
VMDirectPath (No SR-IOV)
Yes
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Jumbo Frames
=AU86
Yes
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Offload Support
=AU87
Yes
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Network QOS
Limited (no NetIOC)
No
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Traffic Monitoring
No
Yes
Hypervisor expand
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  General  
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Hypervisor Details/Size
=AU54
Xen Hypervisor - Bare Metal - Java Based Centralizaed Management Interface
  Host Config  
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Max Consolidation Ratio
=AU55
Max Virtual CPU per Host - 4096
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Max CPU / Host
=AU56
384
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Max Cores per CPU
=AU57
N/A
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Max Memory / Host
=AU58
6 TB
  VM Config  
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Max vCPU per VM
=AU59
128 (Windows) & 256 (Linux)
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Max RAM per VM
=AU60
2 TB
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Serial Ports
=AU61
No
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USB Support
=AU62
No
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Hot Add/Plug
=AU63
Yes
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Graphic Acceleration
NO
No
  Memory  
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Dynamic / Over-Commit
=AU90
No
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Memory Page Sharing
=AU91
No
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Large Pages
=AU92
Yes
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HW Memory Translation
=AU93
Yes
  Interoperability  
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OVF Support
=AU94
Yes
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HW Compatibility
=AU95
Yes
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Guest OS Support
=AU96
Yes
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Container Support
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Scripting / APIs
=AU98
Yes
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Cloud API
No (vCloud API)
Yes
Extensions expand
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  Cloud  
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Overview Cloud
No
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
=AU101
Not evaluated
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Virtual SAN
=AU102
No
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Application Management
=AU103
No
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Security Add On
No (require VDS)
No
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Workflow / Orchestration
=AU105
Yes
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Site Failover
=AU106
Yes
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Chargeback
=AU107
Yes
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Network Extensions
No
No

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