Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) vs. Oracle Virtualization

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
KVM
Score 7.7 out of 10
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Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a virtualization solution developed by small Israeli software company Qumranet and supported by Red Hat since that company's acquisition in 2008.N/A
Oracle Virtualization
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Oracle Virtualization is an enterprise-grade server virtualization solution that provides KVM virtualization and management capabilities and built-in disaster recovery features with no license cost.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
KVMOracle Virtualization
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
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Server Virtualization
Comparison of Server Virtualization features of Product A and Product B
Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM)
9.2
6 Ratings
14% above category average
Oracle Virtualization
7.2
5 Ratings
11% below category average
Virtual machine automated provisioning7.05 Ratings5.75 Ratings
Management console10.04 Ratings7.55 Ratings
Live virtual machine backup10.04 Ratings5.54 Ratings
Live virtual machine migration10.05 Ratings8.83 Ratings
Hypervisor-level security9.04 Ratings8.44 Ratings
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User Ratings
Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM)Oracle Virtualization
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(6 ratings)
7.8
(5 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM)Oracle Virtualization
Likelihood to Recommend
Red Hat
KVM is the best solution in the case you need to test and turn up any virtual environment with limited vCPU/RAM resources. The obvious area of its use is a network environment when we want to avoid being tied to one type of hardware/vendor and being able to swap from one instance to another with no downtimes. The use of a vSwitch (that supports VLAN tagging) is a significant bonus for network engineers that some other hypervisors do not provide.
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Oracle
Well suited: development work as they provide a very nice free tier, datacenters in Latin America with very low ping, heavy loads for DB if you use Oracle DB Less appropriate: fast webservers as they use hard disks for several tiers, fast MySQL databases as the server is shared, auto-scaling functionality is not present.
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Pros
Red Hat
  • KVM is really good at providing fast and reliable virtualization for Linux guests
  • Since KVM is a kernel module, every VM is a Linux process which can be managed by Linux system tools
  • KVM integrates very well with the management framework libvirt, which is why KVM can be integrated in automation tools as well
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Oracle
  • Installation and setup of VM Server are pretty straight forward.
  • Many different guest operating systems are supported.
  • There can be up to 128 virtual machines per physical server.
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Cons
Red Hat
  • KVM itself doesn't ship with a management interface
  • KVM itself is a bit complicated to handle
  • KVM needs Qemu to virtualize Windows guests
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Oracle
  • Platform designer
  • Support material
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Usability
Red Hat
It does the job and stays out of the way. The specifics of usability relies on the implementation, but with things like Icarus and libvirt, things are standardizing nicely.
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Oracle
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Alternatives Considered
Red Hat
It is a very reliable solution that can be used for x86 architecture virtualization with low overhead. It is a free and open source software. Easy to use withOpenStack.
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Oracle
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Return on Investment
Red Hat
  • Fast provisioning of new servers.
  • Huge drop of the cost of servers compared to bare metal.
  • Easy upgrades of resources, sometimes now even requiring a server restart.
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Oracle
  • Saved us licenses fees while we upgrade to a virtual environment and redundancies servers
  • Forced me to manage another hard to manage virtual environment
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