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Odin Virtuozzo Containers [EOL] vs RHEV comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 3, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

Odin Virtuozzo Containers [...
Average Rating
6.0
Reviews Sentiment
4.2
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
RHEV
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
37
Ranking in other categories
Server Virtualization Software (13th)
 

Featured Reviews

Ramon Ruiz - PeerSpot reviewer
Director IT at Servnet
Significant backup for containers, but the customer service is terrible
Anyone considering this solution should not compare it to the old versions. They should be a partner with Virtuozzo and run all the certifications. Also, they need a good lab to understand the technology and how they can apply that technology conveniently. This is very commercial software. It does not have support, so you will need to be hands-on. I would rate Odin Virtuozzo a six out of 10 overall.
Mike Neuliep - PeerSpot reviewer
Linux Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Has supported virtualization projects in side jobs but has required workarounds due to lack of maintenance
In my opinion, the best features of RHEV are that it is a real hypervisor and it is free, so it performs better than VMware. I have used the live migration feature in the past with RHEV. There is a free clone of it that is based on the open source. Live migration is a nifty feature if your app is not highly available and you need to do maintenance on a machine. You can migrate the VM off of it, do your maintenance, and move it back when you are done. RHEV has a high availability architecture with a built-in monitoring feature where you could see machines other than the one you are operating on. I tend to implement high availability not so much in RHEV, but by using standard application high availability strategies. Red Hat has another product specifically for high availability.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"When you run templates on the containers on Virtuozzo they have a lot of back-ups."
"The platform is scalable, allowing for the installation of multiple nodes."
"For any application that requires 100% uptime, 100% of data accessibility, I use these servers."
"If you have a heterogenous data centre that is specially focused on Linux platforms, this is safe money, and good if you are looking for automation."
"Stability and speed are the most valuable aspects."
"Red Hat is the most stable system; it's better than other OS solutions."
"It is a scalable solution."
"We are very satisfied with it."
"It is easy to deal with when comes to application migration and its compatibility with the multiple component applications."
 

Cons

"Odin Virtuozzo has poor support and needs to improve."
"Red Hat by itself is not scalable. But you can have third party add-ons like Ceph to make it massively scalable."
"They don't know how to sell their great products and don’t really seem to be interested in taking care of their partners who trust and really know their products."
"The UI should be more interactive with additional features."
"When we do a direct comparison, then obviously VMware does better in terms of having Fault Tolerance and doing active disaster recovery and these kind of things. This is something that can be improved within Red Hat."
"You need to buy support from red hat and you need to renew support every year in order to keep getting support from red hat."
"Specifically, enhancements in managing virtual machine migrations, cloning, and the creation of different VMs could further optimize its functionality."
"The GUI interface needs improvement. Not 90%, but 50% or 60% of the work is done from the command line and so on, so the GUI needs work because people are looking for an easier way to manage the environment."
"Its scalability can be improved. It is not easy to scale, and we hope that Red Hat can provide a more scalable system."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The license for Odin Virtuozzo is based on consumption on demand."
"We buy a license for commercial use, and we also use the free editions."
"This product has a variety of licensing options available. However, the level of licensing, and therefore the cost of licensing, is dependent on the number of servers being utilized."
"Price-wise, RHEV is okay, in my opinion."
"RHEV offers pricing based on a per-physical-machine licensing model."
"Its price depends on the use cases."
"This is an open-source solution."
"I would say the price is acceptable."
"I believe we pay on a yearly basis."
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Comparison Review

VL
CIO at Robusta Technology & Training
Jan 13, 2015
vSphere vs. RHEV vs. Hyper-V vs. XenServer
We have used the following functions: 1. Hypervisor: to ensure that the virtual server provide web and email services to the company, thus providing a stable operation a with single sign-on integration of an AD server and vCenter. 2. Network and Storage: centralized data server…
 

Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

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Small Business21
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise12
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for RHEV?
It's the open source. There's not much cost. It's very minimal comparably. Compared to what I am paying for VMware, it's negligible.
What needs improvement with RHEV?
RHEV is not improving because it has been discontinued. It has been discontinued for years. I would love to get back into RHEV, but the job market is difficult and no one is hiring. RHEV is designe...
What is your primary use case for RHEV?
I have done some consulting where I used RHEV, taking on side jobs to run virtual machines in the financial industry for a startup. The last time I used RHEV was in my home lab, but that has been d...
 

Also Known As

Virtuozzo Containers
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
 

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