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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM SAN48B-5

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AIBM's SAN48B-5 is a SAN option.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
    IBM SAN48B-5Oracle VDI
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM SAN48B-5Oracle 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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    VMware Fusion
    Score7.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM SAN48B-5Oracle VDI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    2.5
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM SAN48B-5Oracle VDI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    In my experience with this equipment we have installed it for clients with different characteristics, in manufacturing companies with the configuration between their virtual environment and storage, in clients with storage in different sites making communication and data transfer between them, also in clients with SAP HANA where servers from different platforms and storage communicate
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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
    IBM
    • The ease of configuration
    • Ease of administration
    • Growth according to usage needs
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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
    IBM
    • the graphical administration interface
    • the help of options and/or parameters of the commands that is broader
    • Make software and firmware updates more user-friendly
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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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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    for being a product, reliable, safe and easy to use
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    Usability
    IBM
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    Oracle
    From the end user's perspective the usability is not impacted at all.
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    Performance
    IBM
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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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    IBM
    This equipment model was selected for the characteristics it has which perfectly covered the functionality requirement in the implementations that were carried out, also for the ease of installation, configuration, administration and growth that it has. Customers have been satisfied with all the benefits of the equipment and above all that it is not necessary to invest too much time in its administration, since once implemented nothing else has to be done and the maintenance time used is the minimum since it is a very reliable and safe team
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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
    IBM
    • installation and configuration in less time, that makes it more economical
    • Easier administration
    • The support given is minimal, which makes the staff carry out other productive activities.
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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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