RHEV Reviews

The most valuable features of RHEV are all the tools, such as virtualization, management of cloud platforms, and integration of container environments. The solution has good compatibility between virtualization, content management, and cloud management. Having the full set of these tools is the advantage of it. 

It is preferred to have everything from the same vendor. This solution is one of the best and it includes automation and supports many virtualization layers. I prefer to propose this solution to customers unless they have a specific choice. 

RHEV can improve by keeping pace with new features and new enhancements. They should not be halted or delayed innovation because over the past quarter the enhancements have not been as fast as they have been previously. 

I have been using RHEV for approximately four years.

RHEV is a stable solution.

We have not had any issue with the implementation of RHEV.

We have a team that does the implementation and configuration of the solution. 

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.

If the price starts getting too high people will start going back to pure open source products. If the prices are the same as compared to VMware, then why would they use any Red Hat solution, such as RHEV. The features, robustness, and suitability for enterprise VMware has an edge over RHEV. The price should come down.

I have evaluated many other solutions, such as IBM OpenShift and VMware.

RHEV is a good solution and it's a stable product. When any organization needs end-to-end infrastructure deployment, configuration management, and automation, then RHEV is the best fit. The solution has all the best components in each of these areas from a competitive point of view. It is a benefit of having all the tools from one vendor, it make management easier.

There are many other solutions available, such as IBM OpenShift, but when comparing RHEV it is very good.

I rate RHEV an eight out of ten.

Many of our customers are moving to open source-based technology and VMware is leading the virtualization space, but slowly customers are moving to open source and Red Hat is the leader in this particular space. I think customers feel more confident running Red Hat Virtualization than VMware. And if you talk about a lot of other features that VMware provides, Red Hat does that too. I mean, it's not only Red Hat, I would say, Oracle and Red Hat, both of them are providing good capabilities. I think customers like this.

In terms of cost, VMware is really expensive for many of the customers, so that is another reason why they want to switch to these technologies.

Most of the time we're engaged with the kind of discussion where we have to compare them with VMware. So 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. That is one aspect.

But when you talk about the latest changes that are happening, I think both VMware and Red Hat are working on something like virtualization on top of the Kubernetes platform, so I think that will take it to altogether a different level. Because Red Hat is working on OpenShift Virtualization, and I think VMware has its own Tanzu, they both are competing well.

I think the future looks good for both of them. Red Hat may beat VMware in terms of when you compare it with OpenShift Virtualization. But looking at the present KVM, I don't know what things are going to look like.

In terms of what can be improved, I can't say right now because I don't know how much they are willing to do that or their roadmap looks like for this technology. In virtualization, like I mentioned, I think there are a lot of things that they are doing. In fact to be very frank, I'm not aware of the latest container-based virtualization that they're working on or what kind of features they have, so I'm not in the right position. I can't comment on that.

I have been using RHEV for at most a couple of years now.

I am not a system admin and not into the infrastructure. My role is mostly on solution architecture infrastructure so I don't do hands-on on these technologies, but I have my basic lab set up where I play around with them because my job is to provide solutions and advice for customers. That's how I am engaged with it.

On a scale of one to ten, I would give RHEV a nice eight.

I would definitely recommend for people to use Red Hat Virtualization. That is for sure.

The solution has all the essential features for deployment and virtualization.

The solution has a very small lifecycle. They should work on this particular area.

We have been using the solution for half a year.

It is a stable solution.

It is a scalable solution.

The solution is easy to deploy.

The solution's pricing depends on the use cases.

We evaluated VMware and Nutanix. They have a better lifecycle than RHEV.

I rate the solution as seven.

We primarily use the solution for hosting virtual machines. We're using RHEV virtualization and Red Hat on top of it.

The initial setup is straightforward. 

The solution is stable.

It's a scalable solution.

The pricing is fair. 

The time I've used the solution is too short. I need more time with the solution before providing feedback. While everything needs improvement in some way, I have no specifics.

We're just starting to use the solution. We've been using it for less than a month.

The stability is good. It serves its purpose. We've never had issues with bugs or glitches, crashes, or freezing.

The solution has scaled to meet our needs. 

I've never reached out to technical support. I can't speak to how they are in terms of helpfulness. 

We did use another platform, however, that was not suitable and we like to stick with Red Hat.

The initial setup is very straightforward. In terms of ease of implementation, I would rate it as a four out of five. 

I was not directly involved with the deployment process. However, a company likely will only need one or two staff members to deploy and maintain it. 

A colleague of mine implemented the solution. He did not need any assistance from integrators or consultants. 

We have seen an ROI. I'd rate the ROI we've seen at a four out of five.

We have a three-year licensing agreement. They do offer a fair price. I would rate them at a four out of five in terms of value for money. There are no other fees on top of the standard licensing fee. 

We're just a customer.

I was only involved in the decision part, I'm now in the implementation.

It's a very good platform to build your virtual machines on and highly integrated with Red Hat itself and its satellites. That's one of the main reasons we like it - it's all integrated.

I would rate the solution an eight out of ten.

The primary use of this solution is to implement ERP. If you want to have multiple servers on the same machine or if you do not require multiple machines it supports kernel-based virtual machines.

The solution is overall very good with all the facilities. It is user friendly, easy to configure, has documentation, and support is available. 

Customers are not aware of this solution, they can improve by providing more awareness and solution availability. The technical features are okay right now for our requirements, but of course, with technology, there are areas for improvement.

Additionally, there should be more integration with other platforms. 

I have used it for a couple of years.

It is a very stable solution.

The solution is scalable.

It has good support, but we did not require to use it much.

The installation was easy. The time was affected by configuration requirements and the extent of work needed for customization. For example, the simplicity or complexity of it, how many virtual machines we want to establish, or whether we want MDM.

We normally use approximately 35 people to implement the solution.

The solution does not require licencing but a subscription is necessary, which is very affordable.

I would recommend this solution to other users.

I rate RHEV a nine out of ten. 

For any application that requires 100% uptime, 100% of data accessibility, I use these servers. 

Within our organization, there are roughly 100 employees using this solution.

This solution could be more secure. Also, the CPU power could be increased.

I have been using this solution since the very beginning — about eight or nine years.

This solution is very stable. Much more so than similar products.

It's more of an availability solution than a scalable solution.

The initial setup is very easy. Installation takes no longer than one hour.

I installed this solution by myself.

We have to pay extra for vulnerability and fault tolerance.

I would absolutely recommend this solution to others. Overall, on a scale from one to ten, I would give this solution a rating of nine.

There is no other server equivalent to this one available on the market at the moment. Not HP, not IBM, and not Dell.

We use it for high volumes of computing. We use it for artificial intelligence and some big data analytics.

It is very stable.

We hope that Red Hat can produce a paradigm edition. We are looking for paradigm computing and paradigm storage.

Its scalability can be improved. It is not easy to scale, and we hope that Red Hat can provide a more scalable system.

They should also provide local service and support. Our customers are looking for a good software vendor to provide professional services.

I have been using this solution for more than three years.

It is very stable.

It is not easy to scale, and we hope that Red Hat can provide a more scalable system. We have 50 users who are using this system.

We do get a response from their international support through email, but they should provide local services.

We have used Ubuntu Linux and some other editions.

It was very easy to install. It took less than 20 minutes.

We buy a license for commercial use, and we also use the free editions.

I would recommend this solution to others. We would like to keep using this solution. We are very satisfied with it.

I would rate RHEV a nine out of ten.

We are a computer service company with several partnership. We are partners with HPE, Cisco, IBM, VMware, Red Hat, just to mention. We provide data centers solutions, with Hardware, Networking, Security, and Software. Also, we have our data center and we are offering cloud solutions for others.

We are deploying Red Hat products for our cloud solutions. And our cloud is Red Hat Virtualization based, and soon we will have another cloud Red Hat OpenStack based.

For the cloud solutions, we're in the marketing and sales stage. We are planning to build software solutions for clients in addition to what we will be offered publicly. We have a lot of clients in petroleum and banking sectors. For our clients, we are planning to offer them the best solutions for their activities on the cloud.

We have two branches, our headquarter is in Tripoli and we have a branch in Benghazi. Between the two offices, there are around 28 engineers acting in providing solutions.

Because of my background is in Open Source, the number one feature is it is open source. This means all Open Source features are included. So, I can control and manage everything. This is the best part for me. 

Also, Red Hat products are easy to use.

The documentation is not as good as it should be. There is a need for making it descriptive and in sequence. There are a lot of links in the docs and some parts are repeated.

Technically, Red Hat products are robust and durable with an excellent support.

I have been using this solution for a few months.

It is stable

It's very scalable. We haven't experienced any issues.

Whenever there's an issue or problem, I contact customer support and they take it seriously. They're very cooperative. They are always quick in response. They are very, very supportive.

We are using VMware and for a time, just for virtualization. Now we are going to work on clouds. Therefore, we want to move ahead with Red Hat to use either private, hybrid, or public cloud. We want our data center to offer cloud solutions for our clients.

Because of the miss-organized  documents, it was a bit difficult in the beginning. Once it went on, it became very easy. Overall, it's a very smooth and straightforward process.

Deployment took a couple of weeks. I did it in-house because we are a Red Hat partner, and there's no subscription and support for partners.

I am not fully sure, but I believe we pay on a yearly basis. 

I would definitely recommend this solution. Everywhere the cloud is the choice and by offering this solution locally this give it a plus. 

Overall, on a scale from one to ten, I would give this solution a rating of nine.