We performed a comparison between KVM and Oracle Linux based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Proxmox, VMware, Microsoft and others in Server Virtualization Software."What I like most about KVM is that it's very easy to use. Everything is built-in, even when writing command lines."
"The most helpful aspect of KVM is the fact that the interface is so minimal. It includes just what you need to set up the VMs and manage them, and it's very simple to do so."
"The most valuable feature is hypervisor. I can host at the same time different operating systems in Linux Windows."
"The KVM service is well managed with a central policy interface."
"It is easy to use, stable, and flexible. It is a pretty mature product, and it is faster than VirtualBox."
"If you are a Linux desktop user, KVM is the solution to go with if you have to start virtual machines with Linux or other operating systems with almost zero extra configuration needed."
"The GUI interface makes the management of KVM easier than ever before."
"I have found KVM to be scalable."
"Oracle Linux is very compatible with other platforms."
"There is full compatibility with RedHat-based operating systems, in particular Centos, which we widely deployed before Oracle Linux (OL)."
"There are several valuable features in Oracle Linux. For example, it's very secure and stable. You don't have to reboot it frequently."
"I like that it's very stable and lightweight and that it requires very little resources."
"The stability of Oracle Linux is good."
"Oracle Linux is a secure solution."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The good thing about Oracle Linux is that it's free, as long as you don't want support."
"The initial setup of this solution is more difficult than some of the competing products and it could be improved."
"Support for VF is needed, where you can, for example, export from VMware to KVM."
"I have previously used VMware and KVM is easier to use. However, they both have their strengths depending on their use cases. They are mostly equal. One of VMware's advantages is it has better support."
"The networking with wireless devices needs improvement."
"The virtual manager and the graphical QEMU for KVM need some improvement."
"The solution should be more user friendly. We are struggling with the command lines."
"Monitoring and resolution could be improved."
"We are not getting good support from KVM, and it is not that user-friendly."
"The deployment is a bit complex."
"The security could improve in the solution."
"The solution can be improved by making it more user-friendly for basic users to reduce the time it takes to learn the commands and to reduce the dependencies that come with the OS so the deployment time can be reduced."
"Oracle Linux, needs to support more packages."
"The graphic interface could be improved to work better in a desktop environment."
"The security and integration could improve."
"The support process is time-consuming as it involves several steps."
"Kernel updates need improvement."
KVM is ranked 4th in Server Virtualization Software with 39 reviews while Oracle Linux is ranked 3rd in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 109 reviews. KVM is rated 8.0, while Oracle Linux is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of KVM writes "Delivers good performance because of kernel-based virtualization". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Linux writes "The operational system is the best and is packed with free features like CapsLive". KVM is most compared with Proxmox VE, Oracle VM VirtualBox, Hyper-V, VMware vSphere and Odin Virtuozzo Containers, whereas Oracle Linux is most compared with Ubuntu Linux, CentOS, Rocky Linux, Oracle Solaris and Windows 10.
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