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We performed a comparison between Nutanix AHV Virtualization and RHEV based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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"The entirety of the infrastructure resides in the same product, which makes it easy to troubleshoot and investigate problems.""It's user-friendly.""Simplicity is the most valuable feature.""The initial setup of Nutanix AHV Virtualization is straightforward.""The interface is very good, and quite user-friendly.""It has a vs switch for the people who know Linux, in case it's easier for them to use AHV than it is to use VMware.""It is a stable solution. I haven't faced stability issues in the solution.""Nutanix AHV Virtualization is a private cloud platform offering integration with various public cloud providers. This integration allows for a multi-cloud approach. In my opinion, Nutanix AHV Virtualization's strength is its storage. It innovates and excels in the hyper-converged storage segment, making it the number one choice in this area."

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"It is very stable.""It is easy to deal with when comes to application migration and its compatibility with the multiple component applications.""One of the most valuable features of this solution is the popularity of the OS.""The solution is a great all-round product. The virtualization is especially good.""What they provide is way beyond the essential requirements of customers.""Red Hat is the most stable system.""It's a scalable solution.""There aren't any bugs on the solution."

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"Nutanix misses alerts sometimes.""My storage use is doubled; if I am creating a one TB virtual machine then my storage policy will take two TB from my cluster.""The solution is very expensive.""Adding even more integrations would be an improvement.""To face no complications in our company, we had to switch off virtual machines one after the other before heading to Nutanix platform and going to edge services to switch off and turn off everything, making it a challenging process for me.""The solution could improve the call logging system to HPE, it is a bit tedious.""There are some issues with the interface and integration.""I would like to see better decompression or degrouping of the VMs so that we can use a single number of SQLs with two servers. We don't need a huge number of DXSPs."

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"The solution should be made more user-friendly.""We'd like it if it would be possible on Red Hat Virtualization to possibly connect two or three VMs to the same disk.""The Administration of the Oracle database and the SAP ERP needs improvement.""There is not any proper documentation on the site to reference.""The solution could use network virtualization.""While everything needs improvement in some way, I have no specifics.""It would be better to have more patches, especially kernel-level updates, live and online so that we can keep the business up and running during this period.""The availability of technical expertise with the solution may be limited in some areas."

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  • "The most valuable feature of this solution is that there is no licensing fee."
  • "AHV is free, it's an open-source solution."
  • "Some of the features required additional licenses."
  • "We don't have to pay extra for Acropolis because it is built into Nutanix."
  • "The price of the solution is fair and if you want support there are additional fees."
  • "The price of the solution can always be lower. However, the price of the solution is reasonable."
  • "Nutanix AHV is free."
  • "The price of Nutanix AHV is reasonable."
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  • "This is an open-source solution."
  • "I would say the price is acceptable."
  • "We are using the free version of Red Hat."
  • "I believe we pay on a yearly basis."
  • "We buy a license for commercial use, and we also use the free editions."
  • "We have to pay extra for vulnerability and fault tolerance."
  • "The solution does not require licencing but a subscription is necessary, which is very affordable."
  • "The price of RHEV is high. It is an open-source solution, the price should be less. The price should not be on par with a solution, such as VMware. It's not more or equal to VMware, it's less, but the difference should be more substantial."
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    Top Answer:To understand which is better - Nutanix AHV or VMware vSphere - you need to do a product comparison. Both products support hypervisors. However, Nutanix supports some of the most popular ones and more… more »
    Top Answer:Integration is the most valuable feature of the product.
    Top Answer:The solution’s pricing is relatively fair. It could be improved, though.
    Top Answer:RHEV’s cost is much less compared to VMware.
    Top Answer:It is an open-source solution. We do not need to pay the license cost if we install and manage the tool. We must purchase the license and support if we need a global patch. The subscription fee… more »
    Top Answer:Management of RHEV is not as easy as VMware. Some features do not work. The product does not provide features similar to VMware’s VMotion. After creating the cluster, the VM is moved to another node… more »
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    Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
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    Overview
    Nutanix AHV is a secure, enterprise-grade solution for intuitive virtualization and container management. It streamlines operations and simplifies management for all your workloads and environments.

    Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, or RHEV, is a leading open standard enterprise virtualization management solution. This solution supports virtualization of servers and desktops using the same infrastructure and a single easy-to-use interface.

    Because RHEV is based on open standards, it is vendor-independent and a lot more cost effective and flexible than proprietary solutions.


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    Buyer's Guide
    Nutanix AHV Virtualization vs. RHEV
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Nutanix AHV Virtualization vs. RHEV and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    Nutanix AHV Virtualization is ranked 6th in Server Virtualization Software with 44 reviews while RHEV is ranked 10th in Server Virtualization Software with 31 reviews. Nutanix AHV Virtualization is rated 8.6, while RHEV is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Nutanix AHV Virtualization writes "Lightweight, integrates well, and the technical support is responsive". On the other hand, the top reviewer of RHEV writes "The solution is scalable and affordable, but it lacks features, and it is not easy to manage". Nutanix AHV Virtualization is most compared with Proxmox VE, VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, KVM and Oracle VM VirtualBox, whereas RHEV is most compared with VMware vSphere, KVM, Proxmox VE, Hyper-V and Oracle VM VirtualBox. See our Nutanix AHV Virtualization vs. RHEV report.

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