We performed a comparison between Hyper-V and Oracle VM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Server Virtualization Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We chose this solution because of the pricing and the simplicity of the product."
"It runs our most critical workloads and supports all our branch offices."
"The virtualization aspect of the solution functions similar to VMware is one of its most valuable features…It is a stable product."
"It allowed us to add on servers and fix things in an expedient manner."
"Microsoft has documentation that is easy to find, helpful, and readily available."
"The replication, creation, and import wizard, as well as the integration with reporting tools, are the most useful features."
"I appreciate its stability and user-friendly management interface."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to integrate the Hyper-Visor center from one console."
"It is very useful for the project management of our company."
"It's easy to adjust the size up and down."
"It is highly esteemed for its ability to efficiently optimize and enhance the operational speed and responsiveness of virtualized environments."
"The product's initial setup phase was simple."
"The most valuable aspect of the solution is the resource management from the OVM Manager."
"What I like the most is the failover and the quick restore of virtual machines."
"Overall, the biggest performance is around virtualization and automation, you can build private clouds with Oracle VM using Enterprise Manager."
"It's a very flexible solution because you have all the commands that you can do yourself."
"We would like to have a cloning function added to this product."
"VMware has antivirus protection that covers the entire VM. If Microsoft could have something similar to this in Hyper-V, that would be great."
"The interface could be more user friendly. In addition, the documentation and security could use improvement."
"I think there is room for improvement in terms of the cloud solutions."
"The solution is lacking in numerous features and lacks flexibility."
"The only negative thing I heard was that the baseline price is very, very attractive relative to VMware, however, the vCenter counterpart, the thing that brings it all together, is quite pricey."
"ometimes a server or machine shuts down and doesn't automatically restart."
"VLAN is not very easy to configure."
"Oracle VM needs to add a backup feature."
"An expanded data transfer option is one of the features I would like to have added."
"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."
"Oracle VM should be promoted more as an open-source and stable software."
"There have been some security issues in the past."
"Oracle VM could provide integration with backup solutions."
"I've found that using Oracle VM is like stepping back in time. It's not kept up with technology. The only reason anyone uses it is that they're afraid of Oracle's licensing. Oracle has a tremendously bad licensing approach."
Hyper-V is ranked 3rd in Server Virtualization Software with 134 reviews while Oracle VM is ranked 7th in Server Virtualization Software with 78 reviews. Hyper-V is rated 8.0, while Oracle VM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Hyper-V writes "It's a low-cost solution that enabled us to shrink everything down into a single server ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle VM writes "A cheap option available for Linux environments which is useful for many workloads". Hyper-V is most compared with VMware vSphere, VMware Workstation, Proxmox VE, KVM and RHEV, whereas Oracle VM is most compared with VMware vSphere, KVM, Oracle VM VirtualBox, Proxmox VE and RHEV. See our Hyper-V vs. Oracle VM report.
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