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Odin Virtuozzo Containers [EOL] vs VMware vSphere comparison

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Odin Virtuozzo Containers [...
Average Rating
6.0
Reviews Sentiment
4.2
Number of Reviews
2
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VMware vSphere
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
461
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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.
RajeshK10 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Technology Architect at Central Bank of India
Reliable virtualization has supported smooth DR drills and efficient resource allocation
VMware vSphere has proven to be robust in nature, and the new features are quite acceptable. The new features in NSX network switching make it more useful in the reliability management of data centers. vMotion has helped my organization's business continuity strategies during our planned DR drill activity. The migration of VMs from DC to DR is quite smooth with respect to the network link. I assess the impact of VMware vSphere's High Availability feature on my infrastructure resilience as effective during DR drill activities and firmware upgrades, which we perform every six months. During those times, we rely on maintenance mode of several servers, and HA works properly. I have nothing to complain about. We have utilized VMware vSphere's Distributed Resource Scheduler effectively. Even though we have over-provisioned the vCPUs, it efficiently manages the CPU cores and memory of the servers intelligently, so I am not experiencing any bottleneck in resource utilization. Distributed Resource Scheduler has affected my resource allocation performance positively, providing a 20 percent advantage over my old hardware.

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."
"It is easy to use and the features are very rich."
"For companies comparing this to Hyper-V, this is still the gold VM solution."
"It's allowed us to consolidate 150 physical servers down to six servers with 150 VM's running on top."
"We run 3,000 VMs; it works for what we need it to do, and all of our retail point-of-sale systems and their back-end are running on VMware, so everything is virtual."
"Gathering all of the hosts together to create one single pool across the enterprise is a terrific feature."
"We use this solution for hosting servers and some applications."
"Great product for users stepping into virtualization and consolidation."
"vSphere brings the features required for an enterprise class system with a lot of supporting components: An intuitive user experience that simplifies and helps operational management."
 

Cons

"Odin Virtuozzo has poor support and needs to improve."
"VMware is very pricey and really the most useful in very large virtualization environments."
"The biggest limitation is that it only provides a single restore point only."
"The initial setup is a little complex because of the infrastructure; it's not related to just the one physical server, you need to design the storage and networks."
"VMware server does not fully control the scheduling of hardware resources because the complete control falls into the underlying operating system."
"Mounting ISO's (You have to copy it onto the server and point to it and perform your installation); Citrix on the other hand allows you to easily mount ISO files."
"The licensing costs are expensive and most of the important features require a license."
"I would say that the internal notifications could be much clearer and the performance monitoring could be a lot better."
"I submitted a ticket about four weeks ago, and the guy called me on a Saturday at midnight. It’s been fairly hard to get hold of somebody, and when they get ahold of you, I understood about three of every five words they said."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The license for Odin Virtuozzo is based on consumption on demand."
"Purchase only the cheaper solution with support. I don’t recommend high-end licenses."
"I did a comparison between physical server to virtual. There was a point in time where we would size out a virtual server to be a massive size, then we'd buy a physical server of the equivalence. We saved somewhere around 20 percent going virtual, as opposed to the physical equivalent."
"Its price is slightly higher for India. It is a little bit expensive on a monthly basis when considering the value of the Indian rupee."
"vSphere has improved our organization by allowing us to deliver rock solid stability to our clients in a cost competitive fashion."
"A customer can buy a license and support on a yearly basis."
"The product is worth what you pay for it. I definitely feel like I"m getting good value."
"There are not any licensing costs."
"The solution’s licensing terms keep changing, which is too complex for our customers."
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Comparison Review

it_user234735 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technology Consultant, ASEAN at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
May 10, 2015
Hyper-V 2012 R2 vs. VMware vSphere 5.5
I was won with Hyper-V 2012R2 recently and the table below based on customer RFP (edited). This articles all about technical, there is not related with TCO/ROI, licensing cost, “political”, etc. Another to noted is the Windows Server 2012 licenses is based on 2 socket CPU, meanwhile…
 

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Construction Company
9%
 

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