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Oracle Solaris vs. Red Hat Virtualization (discontinued)

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Oracle Solaris

    Score6.5 out of 10
    N/AOracle Solaris is a Linux operating system which was originally developed by Sun Microsystems and became an Oracle product after the acquisition of Sun in 2010.

    $1,000

    per year

    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
    Oracle SolarisRed Hat Virtualization (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    1 Year Subscription
    $1,000.00
    per year
    Standard
    $999.00
    Per Year Per Hypervisor
    Premium
    $1,499.00
    Per Year Per Hypervisor
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Oracle SolarisRed 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
    Oracle SolarisRed Hat Virtualization (discontinued)
    Operating System
    Comparison of Operating System features of Oracle Solaris and Red Hat Virtualization (discontinued)
    Feature
    Oracle Solaris
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Red Hat Virtualization (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    File Management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Software Application Management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    System Update Frequency7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operating System Security10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Server Virtualization
    Comparison of Server Virtualization features of Oracle Solaris and Red Hat Virtualization (discontinued)
    Feature
    Oracle Solaris
    -
    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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    Oracle SolarisRed Hat Virtualization (discontinued)
    Small Businesses
    CentOS Linux
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Proxmox VE
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM AIX
    Score9.4 out of 10
    VMware vSOM (discontinued)
    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    Score9.1 out of 10
    IBM PowerVM
    Score9.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Oracle SolarisRed Hat Virtualization (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    6.6
    (11 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Oracle SolarisRed Hat Virtualization (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Oracle
    It's good for environments that need to operate 24/7 due to its stability, as I mentioned before. It's also very good for enterprise applications that can't afford unscheduled downtime, for truly high-priority environments. I don't think it would be recommended for small companies with people who have no prior knowledge of the tool, as the learning curve is quite steep.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Oracle
    • Preferred Operating System to run Oracle Databases
    • Performs well with Java and Oracle applications
    • Great for Virtualizations.
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    Discontinued Products
    • 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.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Oracle
    • It seems that Solaris is becoming an afterthought at Oracle.
    • Oracle should be more vocal in their commitment to Solaris
    • Support Costs
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • 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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    Usability
    Oracle
    You need to take the time to learn it. It is a massive product.
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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Oracle
    The support teams are well trained and responsive. Patches are rolled out regularly and are easy to deploy and backout.
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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Oracle
    Stress testing and timing is key. You need test systems that mirror the live environments. User testing must be reflected in peak loads.
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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Oracle
    We used Windows Server quite a bit because of the ease of use for the team, file sharing, Active Directory, and systems integrated with Windows; learning was easier, and the interface was more user-friendly. On the other hand, Oracle stood out for its stability because we provide services that keep environments up and running 24/7.
    Incentivized
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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!
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Oracle
    • Possibility to migrate old servers protecting previous inversions
    • reduces implementation times and accelerates time to obtain value in the market.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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