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Lenovo ThinkSystem DS Series vs. Red Hat Virtualization (discontinued)

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Lenovo ThinkSystem DS Series

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ALenovo presents an enterprise class storage-area network (SAN) via the ThinkSystem DS series of products, presently including ThinkSystem DS2200, ThinkSystem DS4200, and the ThinkSystem DS6200.N/A

    Red Hat Virtualization (discontinued)

    Score6.1 out of 10
    N/ARed Hat Virtualization (formerly Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, broadly known as RHEV) is an enterprise level server and desktop virtualization solution. Red Hat Virtualization also contains the functionality of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktop in later editions of the platform.

    $999

    Per Year Per Hypervisor

    Pricing
    Lenovo ThinkSystem DS SeriesRed Hat Virtualization (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
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    Standard
    $999.00
    Per Year Per Hypervisor
    Premium
    $1,499.00
    Per Year Per Hypervisor
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Lenovo ThinkSystem DS SeriesRed Hat Virtualization (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Lenovo ThinkSystem DS SeriesRed Hat Virtualization (discontinued)
    Server Virtualization
    Comparison of Server Virtualization features of Lenovo ThinkSystem DS Series and Red Hat Virtualization (discontinued)
    Feature
    Lenovo ThinkSystem DS Series
    -
    Ratings
    Red Hat Virtualization (discontinued)
    7.7
    10 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Virtual machine automated provisioning00 Ratings7.910 Ratings
    Management console00 Ratings7.310 Ratings
    Live virtual machine backup00 Ratings7.29 Ratings
    Live virtual machine migration00 Ratings6.910 Ratings
    Hypervisor-level security00 Ratings8.99 Ratings
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    Score9.2 out of 10
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    Score9.5 out of 10
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    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Lenovo ThinkSystem DS SeriesRed Hat Virtualization (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.6
    (11 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Lenovo ThinkSystem DS SeriesRed Hat Virtualization (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Lenovo
    It works very well for essential data storage such as security footage. It is well suited for remote office storage, but not so much as large database storage.
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    Discontinued Products
    RHEV is well suited for organizations that need a cost-effective and flexible solution for their environment. As its vendor-independent software, easily install on any type of hardware. RHEV provides a GUI interface to manage the software, which makes the management of the software easier for the end-user. RHEV is best for non-production or less critical applications. RHEV can be easily integrated with other REDHAT software.
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    Pros
    Lenovo
    • They are very easy to maintain and repair.
    • The raid and storage speeds are excellent.
    • They offer many ways to use the system as a standalone or in a cluster.
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    • RHV issues/bugs can be reported via Bugzilla to RH support. The service is great and typically responds soon.
    • Red Hat distribution integration is seamless as it is integrated into the kernel.
    • OpenStack support enables more customized VM templates and network configuration control.
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    Cons
    Lenovo
    • There are a lot of xclarity tools that need to be condensed.
    • I would like to see the old IMM interface return as the new management interface is not as easy to use.
    • Replacing some of the internal components is more involved than it used to be.
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    • 1- RHVM API is pretty slow, especially after creating a VM it is not possible to retrieve the VM details (i.e VM's MAC Address) fast enough, where we need to place a pause in our Ansible Playbook, make the automation process slow.
    • 2- RHV is still using collected to monitor the hypervisors which is deviating from Red Hat policy for other RHEL based applications to use PCP to monitor, which is richer in features.
    • 3- It will be great if it is possible to patch the hypervisors using other tools such as satellite and not only via RHVM.
    • 4- In the past Red Hat used to present patches in the z release (i.e. 4.3.z), and features in the y release (i.e 4. y), but starting from 4.4 that is mixed together wherein the Z release you get both patches and features, that is not good because that requires a lot of time to test when we patch as it includes features as well.
    • 5- Engineering team has to be more reactive when new feature is requested.
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    Lenovo
    I much prefer the old x systems as I have worked with them for a while. The ds series is much faster and more reliable. Servicing it is simple but some internal components require more involvement.
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    Discontinued Products
    RHEV is an excellent product, includes more features, is less expensive, and has rock solid reliability and is backed with the best Red Hat Support in the industry. RHEV uses KVM under the hood which is used by all the big players in the industry (AWS, Rackspace, etc) to lower their overall costs and improve efficiency and profits and that's why RHEV is an excellent solution!
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    Return on Investment
    Lenovo
    • It has generated a lot of revenue in our service department.
    • It has made us invest more in learning all of the new systems with xclarity etc.
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    Discontinued Products
    • RHEV has provided a positive ROI as our customers are not experiencing as many outages during maintenances.
    • We have not experienced any catastrophic failures as a result of vsphere losing connection to the ntp.
    • There has been a level of stability in our environment that was not previously experienced with our previous vendor.
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