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HVE-VDI Appliance vs. OCI Virtual Desktop

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    HVE-VDI Appliance

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/AHVE ConneXions (a Sphere 3D company based in Texas) offers HVE (hybrid virtual engine) virtual desktop infrastructure, an appliance supporting desktop virtualization. The product line includes a non-converged VDI appliance and converged VDI appliances.N/A

    Oracle VDI

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AOracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) can be used to deploy managed virtual desktops and access them from anywhere while keeping data and applications safe.N/A
    Pricing
    HVE-VDI ApplianceOracle VDI
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HVE-VDI ApplianceOracle VDI
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    HVE-VDI ApplianceOracle VDI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    2.5
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    User Testimonials
    HVE-VDI ApplianceOracle VDI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Sphere 3D
    HVE-VDI is well suited in just about any environment were desktops and servers need to be managed. Schools, Government institutions, Banks, Churches etc. If you are needing to run virtual desktops and just not sure on how to do so. HVE inc is for sure the company that you need.
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    Oracle
    Considering Oracle VDI is not supported by Oracle anymore, and will not receive any future updates, I wouldn't recommend Oracle VDI for most scenarios. Unless your organization is under some strict contractual agreement or there is a feature in Oracle VDI that isn't supported in its modern successors/competitors (haven't come across a feature like that based on my experience), I would recommend using something like VMware Horizon.
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    Pros
    Sphere 3D
    • Customer service is through the roof. 5-Star all the way!
    • They keep it affordable without slacking on speed and functionality.
    • Super fast installs and response time to your issues. Always on top of things, even sometimes before you even know you have an issue.
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    Oracle
    • Providing desktop operating system virtualization is way more manageable using this Oracle suite.
    • It has a robust security infrastructure and provides great audit trails.
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    Cons
    Sphere 3D
    • Maybe price. They do a really good job in their pricing... But sometimes it is still little about the price range for some small schools.
    • Choosing vendors. In my area, they have partnered with a small tech company that does not have a great track record. To be able to choose who I can purchase from would be great. But, they have worked with me to help with this.
    • Maybe easier to get onsite support. Most of the time a remote connection is how support works. To get on site is a little tough. But again, HVE has always come through. I'm just having to be very picky.
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    Oracle
    • Frequent disconnects causing me to have to reboot my server.
    • Can be laggy at times.
    • Freezes regularly.
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    Usability
    Sphere 3D
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    Oracle
    From the end user's perspective the usability is not impacted at all.
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    Performance
    Sphere 3D
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    Oracle
    The easiest way to describe the performance is like this - when it is working, it works almost flawlessly. When it starts freezing, your day is going to get very interesting very quickly. As I have stated earlier, I used it for one purpose, and it did what I needed it to most of the time, but I did have issues with it.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Sphere 3D
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    Oracle
    VMware Horizon does everything that Oracle VDI is capable of doing and offers many more features, and unlike Oracle VDI, it is still receiving constant updates. Oracle VDI was a great solution for enterprise-level management of virtualized desktop when it was getting updates, but now that it won't be getting any, I would put it in the "outdated technology" category.
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    Return on Investment
    Sphere 3D
    • They have made us one of the leading schools in our area for sure.
    • We were able to role out Texas Online State Testing with little to no problems. THIS IS HUGE!!
    • Less downtime... Their server solutions are one of the most stable in the business. I rarely ever have server issues. When you do, you can be back up and be going in Minutes.
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    Oracle
    • Pricing Models were harsh to begin with, so we invested more money on the license than we needed to.
    • Due to all of the laggy, buggy, and crashing interfaces, our administrators spent considerable additional time working on simple operations.
    • We missed out on many advanced features that Oracle VDI's competitors were rolling out, so we couldn't benefit from them.
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