Oracle VM VirtualBox Reviews

We primarily use the solution across all of our systems.

The system offers good protection that we as users can trust.

The solution should work to simplify the system. However, it should be flexible enough to allow for special cases.  

The solution should also make little improvements and tweaks to performance, reliability, redundancy, and DR systems. There should be better recovery offered to protect and ensure the application of systems and backups.

More information about administration features, like the replication feature, should be provided.

The stability is okay, but it could be better.

The scalability of the solution is very good.  

I've heard technical support is good, but I've never reached out to them for assistance.

The initial setup isn't too complex.

I handled the implementation myself.

We're satisfied with the pricing the solution offers.

We use the on-premises deployment model.

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.

The most valuable feature for me is the ability to use it as a client or a server to test our APEX environment and the plugins that we create. It also runs very quickly and doesn’t use up much battery power on a MacBook.

Since I usually work from my home office, it increases efficiency because I don’t have to connect to the company’s database to run tests. I can do everything locally.

The initial configuration was a little tricky. Setup could be simpler.

I have used the product for half a year.

Again, the initial setup is complex.

Take care configuring the network. It’s tricky to get everything running, but there are certain benefits to look forward to after you do.

1. OracleVm Virtual box is free. 2. It is relatively fast, with an enjoyable performance. 3. It also allows you to connect to a virtual machine through the Remote Desktop Protocol.

I found it difficult to print from the host printer.Oracle VM Virtualbox is my first choice when it comes to desktop visualization. It doesn’t require any additional skill to deploy. With a simple wizard, I was able to install Windows 8 better edition on my laptop running windows 7. I also have Ubuntu running on the OracleVM.

OracleVM has been helpful to me, as I now test my scripts on different operating systems in a single machine before deploying them. This makes my work much easier, without incurring additional costs. Supporting my remote clients with diverse OS is much easier. All I need to do is open a similar operating system to theirs, in my system, as I guide them through some task. Before now, I had to look for a PC running a similar OS, before guiding them through some tasks.

Snapshot

Building a sandbox to evaluate the new feature and scrape after tested

Overhead of Memory and CPU resource

More than 6 years (since VirtualBox 1.6)

Not particularly

New release may experience stability issues with a new guest OS such as Windows 8

Due to memory overhead, I would not suggest creating more than 6 VM instances per one physical platform

Customer Service: Moderate (3/5)Technical Support: Moderate (3/5)

VMWarePlayer - no support of Snapshot VirutalPC - unstable and no support for Linux

Pretty easy

In-house team

Minimal - because the setup was straightforward and operation is easy

VMWarePlayer VirtualPC

Community support is the best source for implementation assistance

• Ease of use

• The configuration and installation is pretty straightforward.

Enables us to provision virtual machines faster than before.

No ideas come to mind.

I've used VirtualBox for around five years.

The installation was straightforward.

No stability issues were experienced.

No scalability issues were experienced.

Customer Service:

Support from Oracle in general is good. I would give customer service a rating of four out of five.

Technical Support:

Support from Oracle in general is good. I would give technical support a rating of four out of five.

We used a different solution before and switched due to high licensing costs and almost non-existent support.

The installation was straightforward with no issues encountered.

The implementation was done with a combination of a business partner and the vendor.

Always liaise with the vendor and business partners to get the best pricing.

We evaluated VMware, Citrix, and QEMU.

We primarily use the solution to test our virtual infrastructure.

The solution works quickly.

We can install Oracle VM Manager and from this manager, we can create our VMs on the machine.

The solution needs to improve its flexibility. It's not as flexible as VMware.

We've been using the solution for about four months now.

The initial setup was straightforward.

We use the private cloud deployment model.

We're currently in the testing phase, but we're hoping to go into production soon.

We moved to using Oracle VM because we have a small license. We did not enough have licenses for all server cores. Oracle VM has an advanced feature for hard partitioning.

We're using the solution for the Oracle database but only on the Oracle application server.

I'd rate the solution six out of ten.

1. It is a free software 2. Performance is at a very good level 3. If there is a problem it can be fixed easily because it has a good community website.

If the user faces a problem he has to read a large amount of docs to fix them.

Oracle VM Virtual box is a very good tool for me. The main reason is that it is a free product. Also, if I face a problem, I can fix it because the community website provides very good support. You do not need to have a high level of skills to work with it. As a student and a programmer, I have to use it with different operating systems. I have to check my codes in several operating systems. For that, Oracle VM is a very useful tool. On my laptop, I am running Ubuntu on OracleVM.

The most valuable feature for us is the fact that it's free. It's also easy to install and configure, and we're able to share USB devices between host VMs. In this case, 'sharing' means that only one instance can use the USB device at a time, but you can detach the device and attach it to a different instance (VM or host). This is valuable as it allows you to transfer data without networking.

I can install and test VMs on my own computer before installing live versions on the company VMware host.

Stability should be improved because sometimes the VirtualBox stops. I believe this maybe a compatibility issue, but I'm not sure.

I've been using it for three months.

We have had no issues with the deployment.

Sometimes the VirtualBox stops and the process cannot be killed. The computer then needs to be restarted.

We have had no issues with the scalability.

Customer Service:

I've never asked for support from customer service.

Technical Support:

I've never asked for support from technical support. The issue I had was not important enough for me to need them.

The initial setup was straightforward and easy.

We did it ourselves in-house with no need for support from the vendor or any third-party team.

I use the free version.

You should try it as it's free.