Virtualization comparison & reviews

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  • Fully Supported
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  • Not Supported
  • Information Only
Pros
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  • + OVM subscription includes license for Enterprise Manager
  • + Use OVM to control Oracle Licenses for better TCO
  • + Default choice for Oracle apps (support)
Cons
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  • - 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
vSphere 6.0 with Operations Management - Acceleration Kit Enterprise Plus - Click Here For Overview
Oracle VM 3.3 with Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Cloud Control and OpenStack
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Maturity
Current Stable Release OVM 3.3: July 2nd 2014 - Initial Release Date - July 31st of 2008
  Pricing  
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Virtualization
n/a
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
n/a
$0.00
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Bundle/Kit Pricing
AK OM Ent+ enables 6 CPUs:
$23,495 + 7,615 (Prod) or $6,395 (B)
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Guest OS Licensing
VM Mobility and HA expand
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  VM Mobility  
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Live Migration of VMs
Yes - Live Migration
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Migration Compatibility
Yes
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Maintenance Mode
Yes - Maintenance Mode
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Automated Live Migration
Yes
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Power Management
Yes
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Storage Migration
Yes
  HA/DR  
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Cluster Size
32 Hosts in Cluster/Pool
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Integrated HA (Restart vm)
Yes - Clustered Pool
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Automatic VM Reset
Yes
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VM Lockstep Protection
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Application/Service HA
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Replication / Site Failover
Yes
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  General  
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Central Management
Yes - OVM Manager & Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Cloud Control
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Virtual and Physical
Yes - Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Cloud Control
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RBAC / AD-Integration
Yes - Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Cloud Control
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Cross-Vendor Mgmt
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Browser Based Mgmt
Yes - OVM Manager & Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Cloud Control
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Adv. Operation Management
Yes - Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Cloud Control
  Updates and Backup  
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Hypervisor Upgrades
Yes
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VM Patching
Yes
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Live VM Snapshot
Yes - Hot Clones
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Backup Integration API
Yes
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Integrated Backup
  Deployment  
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Automated Host Deployments
Yes
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VM Templates
Yes
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Tiered VM Templates
Yes
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Host Profiles
Yes
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Storage Profiles
  Other  
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Resource Pools
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P2V
Yes
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Self Service Portal
Yes
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Orchestration / Workflows
Yes
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Security
Yes
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Systems Management
Yes
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  Storage  
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Supported Storage
Yes
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SAN Multipath
Yes
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Shared File System
Yes
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Boot From SAN
Yes
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Boot from USB
Yes
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Virtual Disk Format
Raw Images (*.img files)
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Max Disk Size
10 TB (Virtual Disk on OCFS2), Maximum supported on the Guest OS (Raw Disks)
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Thin Disk Provisioning
Yes
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NPIV Support
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Linked Images
Yes
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SW Storage Replication
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Caching
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Virtual SAN
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Storage Integration (API)
Yes
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Storage QoS
  Networking  
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Advanced Network Switch
Yes
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NIC Teaming
Yes
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VLAN
Yes
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PVLAN
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IPv6
Yes
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I/O Pass-Through
Yes
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Jumbo Frames
Yes
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Offload Support
Yes
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Network QOS
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Traffic Monitoring
Yes
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  General  
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Hypervisor Details/Size
Xen Hypervisor - Bare Metal - Java Based Centralizaed Management Interface
  Host Config  
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Max Consolidation Ratio
Max Virtual CPU per Host - 900
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Max CPU / Host
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Max Cores per CPU
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Max Memory / Host
  VM Config  
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Max vCPU per VM
128
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Max RAM per VM
2 TB
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Serial Ports
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USB Support
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Hot Add/Plug
Yes
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Graphic Acceleration
  Memory  
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Dynamic / Over-Commit
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Memory Page Sharing
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Large Pages
Yes
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HW Memory Translation
Yes
  Interoperability  
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OVF Support
Yes
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HW Compatibility
Yes
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Guest OS Support
Yes
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Container Support
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Scripting / APIs
Yes
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Cloud API
Yes
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  Cloud  
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Overview Cloud
Oracle Enterprise Manager is capable of providing IaaS, PaaS and SaaS
  Desktop Virtualization  
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Overview VDI
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Virtual SAN
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Application Management
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Security Add On
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Workflow / Orchestration
Yes
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Site Failover
Yes
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Chargeback
Yes
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Network Extensions

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