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Oracle VM VIrtualBox is Oracle's cross-platform virtualization offering, acquired with Sun Microsystems in early 2010. The software was originally developed by Innotek GmbH.OracleOracle VM VirtualBox gives you the best of all virtual worlds2019-10-04T20:40:24.880ZA lot of people across the organization use it for various reasons but mostly for testing and development. It's a quick and cost-free way to test scripts, programs, and new techniques without fear of damaging other systems. Virtual machines can be created or destroyed at will and no one is impacted except the virtual machine owner. It's a great way to test and work locally on something even before taking the test scenario or code to a multi-user system.,It runs a variety of operating systems and versions of operating systems.
It has no fees, subscriptions, or other costs associated with it.
One can quickly build, pause, or remove a virtual machine within minutes for testing.
It allows you to access the Internet and other network equipment without fear of direct attacks by using NAT.,I'd prefer an easier, background upgrade process without the nag dialog window.
I'd like to be able to set global settings so that I don't have to configure them each time I install a new VM.,10,It saves money because it's free, available, and easy to use for a type 2 hypervisor.
It saves money because you don't have to buy a commercial solution to do the same thing.
It's handy because VMs can be dragged and dropped from one system to another with minimal effort.,Not yet, but I'm interested in Oracle user groups,VMware Workstation and VMware Workstation Player (formerly VMware Player),BlueJeans, Drupal, WordPressKenneth HessVirtualBox is a gift!2019-10-03T23:21:34.539ZI use VirtualBox to spin up Linux VMs in my day job and recommend it to my students for building VMs on their various systems.
VirtualBox is what first allowed me to learn about VMs, and eventually Linux, without having to worry about having dedicated hardware or about quickly putting up and tearing down a whole computer's OS. I use VirtualBox today for build pipelines (software and game dev on Linux) as well as a testbed for software I'm getting ready to deploy on my company's servers, such as automation scripts or cron jobs. It also is great for working on local web dev tasks without having to be connecting to the internet and a real server.,Very simple and easy to understand. I'm able to pass this application on to my students and colleagues and they have no trouble getting their bearings and setting up VMs.
Quick to launch VMs and the UI (both the app and the overlay when working in a VM) are simple and make it easy to get things done while also staying out of my way.
It feels like a product that should cost a lot. It works well and is maintained. I've never had any problems with it.,The downside to the simple design is that some people are turned off by this and assume it's not a good application.,10,It reduced costs in training myself and other new IT staff when I first started using it by creating a low-risk environment for us to learn about building VMs and Linux in general.
It has saved costs on having to expand my hard drive or have multiple web servers running, by allowing me to just spin up and close local servers when I need them.,No,VMware Fusion and VMware WorkstationChristopher BoydA very good choice for virtualization2019-10-03T21:48:46.336ZWe use Oracle VM VirtualBox as the base for virtualizing all Docker as well as Vagrant machines in the computers which are Windows-based. There are several computers, both dev, and test servers which take advantage of virtualization services in our company, thus Oracle VM Virtual Box comes to our aid in a very satisfactory way.,Easy zero to hero configuration.
Excellent backup (snapshot) functionality, which one can take advantage of at a few clicks in order to restore an old snapshot.
Scripting functionalities, which we use in our dev and testing servers to bring different machines up, during services bootstrapping.,Memory and processing segmentation. Differently from technologies such as Docker (in Linux), one must segment the overall RAM and Processor usage in order to spare it to the virtual machine being created.
Faulty recovery when virtual machines improperly shutdown. As one needs to bring the faulted machine up again, there is a sequence of clean up that must take place before the given virtual machine can be brought back to life.,10,Having to setup and maintain certain dev and test topologies may be a painstaking process when bare-metal is the only choice. VM Technologies, such as Oracle VM VirtualBox come to our aid, in that case, greatly saving time and resources for the company.
Its learning curve is almost close to nothing, every new employee that comes to work, even when having zero experience in this technology is able to process its paradigm in almost zero time and start using it right away.
Backups have become a more stable and seamlessly process with Oracle VM VirtualBox, with the snapshot functionality that gives us a better rotating policy means.,No,Docker,Docker, VagrantClaudio Fernando MacielFree software virtualization keeping everyone in sync2016-09-19T22:08:05.856ZWe use Oracle VM VirtualBox quite extensively at our company to virtualize software. The main use case that we have is for our software engineers. Our engineering team has a single approved developer virtual machine that all of us use. It makes developer support and the replication of problems much easier knowing we are all on identical environments. Also for new hires it makes getting their environments set up a quick and easy process. Other departments use it to run Windows or Linux applications on their Macs.,Software virtualization.
Environment replication.
Environment portability.
Multiple operating systems on one machine.
Environment snapshots for easy recovery after or to revert changes.
Detailed environment configuration with suggestions based on your host system's resources.
It's free.,VM errors typically crash the VM.
If the host machine runs out of disk space the VM will become unreadable even after freeing space. Fortunately VirtualBox keeps a previous copy, but you have to manually restore it.
Somewhat buggy, so you learn how to work around the bugs.
Some host hardware is not supported.,9,Being able to get new developer environments up and running has been a huge time saver versus other teams that have their employees spend a day or two configuring their environment.
Keeping everyone updated and on identical software has saved operational time and money.
Recreating bugs is much easier on identical environments.
It's free!,Importing and Exporting existing VMs
Pausing and resuming a running VM
Running various OS VMs one a single machine
Snapshots of a current state of a VM and being able to restore it later
Native behavior of guest OS,Managing VM disk space usage and reclaiming disk space
Creating a new VM image can be a bit challeging
Features around integrating with the host OS don't work consistently,No,8Jordan SquireComplete virtualization tool. Easy to use and high performance delivery.2019-07-03T15:22:36.552ZVirtualbox is a complete virtualization solution, works great on servers or home needs. The main advantage is the cost: zero. It offers all the virtualization technologies available in the market, compatibility with operating systems, through additional guests. Virtualization performance is easily compared to your paid competitors. The user interface is very easy to use, very intuitive. If you do not have much technical knowledge, just a few clicks and that's it, you have any operating system, according to your needs.,Easy to find, easy to install and very easy to use.
Intuitive interface. The creation of virtual machines is fast, and access to them is uncomplicated.
All available virtualization technology. Compatibility with Intel and processors, and their technologies. Compatibility with all hardware.,I did not find any difficulty in using Virtualbox, I can not define "cons".
I can suggest creating a cloud, where the user can export their technical settings with other users, or even multiple computers.,10,Virtual box has implementation cost: zero.,No,VMware Workstation,Skype, Adobe Illustrator CC, Google DriveGabryella MengardaSimplified Virtualization2019-10-09T16:40:03.859ZWe use the software in our NOC, as a laboratory, to conduct tests and train staff in new network technologies. This helps us to predict future problems and improve our infrastructure.,Compatibility with various operating systems. I can create VMs with different systems.
In our case, we work a lot of equipment operating systems like routers and switches, without any problem.
The merge, we set up scenarios with different systems and we get connectivity, all talking to simulate different situations.
The robustness of the system allows us to work with great scenarios.,It is not about where to improve in the solution, it is robust and if the user does not have reasonable hardware, you will not be able to work much on it. So it's more about the user side, the VMs weight.,10,So far, I see only positive impact, where the solution has helped us to simulate situations in the testing environment, without being in production, preventing incidents, reducing costs and time.,Not a member of any user groups,Skype, Adobe Acrobat DC, TeamViewerGledson RodriguesGreat for free, but if you need anything enterprise, use vmWare2019-10-03T17:50:42.896ZIf we need a Linux environment, we create it in VirtualBox. We'll use the environment for running tools like penetration testing or checking items for malicious code.,VM used by one person at a time on that user's PC
running a VM server on a server
Running Windows or Linux
Using with BOINC so they can run virtual environments on your PC,Last I used it, there wasn't a great wizard to convert a machine like VMware's Conversion wizard
No way to move a running VM to another drive
Not a great snapshot management system.,10,It's been great to have when we just need to do something simple
It doesn't have the futures we need for our production systems so we have to buy vmWare for a lot of money instead
At least this option is free but you certainly get what you pay for, basic needs.,No,VMware Fusion, VMware Workstation and VMware Workstation Player (formerly VMware Player),VMware ESXi, Microsoft Office 365, OneDriveJustin BongardGood product2019-09-18T21:05:39.888ZIt is used for educational and evaluation processes. It can also be used for personal processes. It is being used in several departments.,Can be run on Windows and Linux.
Ease of use.
Cloud-based.,Development environment.,6,It has given us a better understanding of our business objectives.,Yes,ADP Mobile Solutions,Oracle Java SE, JIRA Softwareram nairSimple, but powerful virtualization solution!2019-10-18T20:57:58.806ZOracle VM VirtualBox has been chosen as a default virtualization solution in our organization. Depending on the department that is using it the business use cases are very different. However, our customer support center is where the VirtualBox is most often used, mainly for running images received from different users to confirm the issues reported on production environments.,Running OS images from multiple environments on a single system.
Broad storage support with advanced storage emulation features.
Ability to seamlessly run virtualized applications together with normal OS native applications.,Shared clipboard could be working better for live CD images.
Snapshots do not allow us to adjust network adapter settings.,9,Running images provided by customers to solve their problems allows for huge savings if compared with solving problems remotely.
Decreasing the necessary number of hardware environments within the organization has a very positive impact on our cost related objectives.,No,VMware ESXi and VMware Workstation,Oracle Aconex, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Oracle BlueKaiVerified UserOpen-Source, but Enterprise-Level Performance.2019-10-11T14:13:09.860ZOur testing and core engineering teams are collaboratively using Oracle VM VirtualBox to test the performance and quality of our various standalone applications on different operating systems. When creating applications that run on a consumer's system locally, there is a great deal of uncertainty on whether the given application will work under all types of environments such as type of OS, OS architecture, amount of hardware resources, etc. We are using Oracle VM VirtualBox to eliminate these uncertainties.,Shared Clipboard between host and virtualized OS. Not only can you copy/paste text, but you can also drag-and-drop files between OS.
Great Support for USB Devices. Unlike many other alternatives out there, none of them rival VirtualBox in the amount of supported USB Devices.
Unlimited Number of Snapshots. From my own experience, VirtualBox is the only virtualization solution that supports an unlimited number of saved snapshots.,High CPU and Memory Utilization. Even when running on more than capable hardware, Oracle VM VirtualBox uses and excessive amount of resources, slowing the host OS down.
Poor 3D Graphics Support. The amount of settings and features related to enhancing graphics in general is fairly limited for VirtualBox.
PCIe Passthrough functionality is quite buggy. Many other alternatives have fully implemented this, but VirtualBox has yet to do so.,9,Oracle VM VirtualBox is free, so it had no impact on our company's budget.
As we are now able to patch platform-specific bugs in our software, we have increased customer satisfaction as well as reduced the number of bug tickets.
We have saved expenses on buying additional hardware to test our applications on different OS's.,No,VMware Workstation Player (formerly VMware Player),VMware Workstation Player (formerly VMware Player)Verified UserBest Option for the Cost2019-10-04T02:06:44.880ZWe currently use VirtualBox for both production and non-production environments. In production, it supports an application that is rarely used. In non-production, we use to extensively test applications and new software. Historically, I have found VirtualBox invaluable for any testing I can think of for I.T. matters. It has provided a safe environment that was affordable for extensive testing.,Cost
Ease of use
Ease of deployment
Innovation,Enterprise use in production environments
Support
Training,9,Saves money
Significant timesaver
Minimal training required compared to its competition,No,Parallels Desktop and VMware Workstation,Authy, Splashtop Business Access, Google Forms,No,Price
Product Features
Product Usability,I typically reevaluate VirtualBox annually in my professional capacity. Every time so far the result has been the same. My process seems to work and so I see no reason to change.Verified UserMy Oracle VM VirtualBox Review2019-10-03T17:45:36.263ZVirtualbox is being used by our company for infrastructure on demand. We also use it for testing and spinning up sandboxes. Vbox is really helpful because it gives us so much control over what we are trying to spin up and how we would like to spin it up. It is being used by many developers within our company as a default standard for virtualization.,It is very easy for users to and navigate through the interface. The learning curve is not too high.
VM Vbox also integrates very well with our DevOps tools such as Jenkins and Chef.
Vbox also comes with great enterprise support from a very well dedicated company.,The API documentation would be more detailed
An increase in the speed it takes for a VM to spin up would help our pipeless hang less
Having support for older versions of windows and AIX would be great,7,We saw a reduction in the amount of environments requested from infrastructure team
The speed of our rapid prototyping increased by at least 2 folds, we got more work done for PoC at a faster rate
We were able to get more investment projects within our team due to how diverse our infrastructure could be,Yes,Vagrant and VMware Fusion,Delphix, Datical DB, Closely, Oracle API Manager, CampfireVerified UserGreat VM for cost effectiveness and performance2019-10-02T22:47:39.755ZWe are testing an AI product in the company, and VirtualBox VM helps us in testing several OS, environments, and applications.,Very easy to install.
Numerous options available for customization.
Open-source.
Variety of disk images format available, allowing the user to run multiple OS simultaneously.
Updated often.
Great community support.,Documentation could be made better.
It could be a little confusing to use for the first time, as the interface is not the best.
It could be slow at times.,8,It saves a lot of money as the developers, and testers could test the code in different environments using a single machine.
If a project requires multiple participant, each user can set their own environment for testing through their own VM.
Its a freeware tool, so trying it would cost anything to the company.,NoVerified UserLove at first install2018-07-09T20:41:45.731ZVirtual box helped me in the evaluation of guest operating systems such as Kali Linux and Backbox Linux before I chose to stay with Kali Linux. I had to choose these between this software for penetration testing of a certain product that we were rolling out into the market.,I did not have to install the operating systems to evaluate them
I could run two or more instances of these operating systems concurrently
Oracle made it simple to start and stop the virtual machines and also save the state so as to continue where I left off,Oracle should find a way to put sound on these operating systems without having to download guest OS add-ons
When putting a flash, Oracle should pick that the flash has been inserted to the new OS and not have to go back and add it to the filters,9,We did not have to buy very expensive equipment to set up a separate penetration testing area for our mobile applications.,No,VMware Workstation,51,2,When cloning a system to another
When testing different operating systems
When one wants to use old outdated software,We have used it in penetration testing,In creating OS specific software such as using swift on Ios,8Verified UserOperate multiple OS/ machines right from your base machine using VirtualBox2019-09-19T13:21:03.581ZVirtualBox is a very light-weight software which is available as a hypervisor. This software can be installed on any OS (Windows, Mac or any flavour of Linux) and be leveraged for virtualization. Within our organisation, VirtualBox is used by couple of departments. The departments which handle the internal and external development or testing of the applications highly rely on this piece of software. As per business problems, it is always better to have 10 machines in a single base machine rather than 10 different physical machines. So with VirtualBox these types of problems are solved and multiple systems/ servers are deployed in the base machine which help us to do multiple tasks and once and keep a number of servers live at a single point in time.,Total size of the software: is one of the best part of this hypervisor. I have used tons in my career and this is the lightest among all of them so far. This is a great plus point because:
It keeps you hard disk happy because whatever space the virtual instance will take is the only space being occupied since the space captured by the software is negligible.
The performance of the CPU as well as the virtualisation engine boosts up to a very huge level.
Supports up to 32 virtual machines: This software can hold the power of 32 virtual machines which might take up physical space of the entire small sized office. This can hold an entire company in one installation of VirtualBox.
Support for all the OS: It can be installed either in Mac or Linux and of course the widely used Windows and all of them can be linked in a local network seamlessly. So there are no such boundaries regarding the Operating Systems.,VirtualBox still have some features which I am still not able to understand even after having used the software from so long time. I have never found proper videos which provide full fledged training materials on this software. This is a big lag as there might be some option available that can help in our day to day life, but we are still not aware about that option.
The design can be revamped and transformed to a fancy one. There are no animations and even the Mac version of the software contains comes pixels at times. This can decrease the overall liking of the people which can become a serious issue in the near future.,9,VirtualBox has had an overall a very positive impact in our business and organisation.,No,,Tableau Desktop, Tableau Server, FirebaseVerified UserExcellent solution for quickly deploying VM environments2019-09-17T22:34:08.744ZI used VirtualBox to test various operating system configurations, and occasionally to enable users to use Windows applications on Mac computers. I've used various virtualization suites such as Parallels VM but VirtualBox is easy to deploy and gets the job done without having to worry about costly upgrade fees. I especially have had better luck networking virtual machines than with other virtualization solutions.,Networking
Cross-platform compatibility
Testing
Speed of installation,I've found it could use better and more detailed settings for optimizing the screen output for various displays.,8,It saves time compared to setting up a new desktop for running various operating systems.
It saves money compared to more costly products.,No,Parallels Desktop,Ubuntu Linux, Adobe Photoshop,3,,Testing Linux configurations
Running old Windows software
Running Linux apps on Mac computers,Re-using old Windows apps that are no longer compatible
Saving time re-installing the OS.
Avoiding having to keep an unnecessary number of hardware desktops.,Running all windows programs on Mac/Linux, instead of using any Windows computers
Virtual servers
Quickly deploying VM images,7,No,Price,I'd evaluate more based on the availability of ready-made virtual machine appliances.,Deploying Windows and Linux VMs
Setting up virtual adapters
Testing new VMs,Taking snapshots
Creating images from VMs
Optimizing display output,8Verified UserQuick and Easy2019-05-31T18:05:14.722ZVirtualBox is used in multiple different ways including test virtual machines, jumpboxes, and production machines.,Simple and easy to use, setup took only a few minutes and was not too complicated.
Free! I had tried other products that were not free, and they were not as good as this one.
The ability to quickly spin up, or down, a dev and test environment, quickly and easily is very nice.,Support. I've had a few issues, and would love a response from support or help with it, but none found.
Stability. Sometimes restoring VMs fails.,9,Test environment, I've been able to test multiple different applications within a quickly stood up VirtualBox environment.
Countless man hours saved by ability to quickly export VMs from test environment.,No,VMware ESXi,VMware ESXi, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Citrix Hypervisor (formerly XenServer)Verified UserUse Oracle VM VirtualBox For Desktop Virtualization and Development Testing2018-12-21T14:49:39.995ZI use Oracle VM VirtualBox to build isolated virtual workstations and for building development and test environments. Isolated virtual workstations allow me to access customer environments without the need to reconfigure my primary workstation to match the specific remote access requirements of each system. This dramatically speeds up access and prevents unintentional damage to my own system and access to my primary environment. I can also quickly spin up entire virtual environments to test specific design scenarios.,It is simple to install - there is no advanced knowledge required to begin building virtual computers
It is easy to use - adding new virtual machines is simple with wizard-based deployment
It enables easy portability - moving virtual machines from one host to another is straight-forward and simple
It is free,You get what you pay for - yes, VirtualBox is free, but I've had occasional stability issues, just like any other computer I use
Many host resources (like networking) are blindly simple to use, some (like folder sharing) can be a bit shaky at times or challenging to get working correctly,10,Direct cost savings - it enables me to do the work I need to do without purchasing additional physical computers
Time savings - it allows me to perform testing and reversion that would take much longer on a physical computer
Increased productivity - it enables me to more easily integrate with customer environments,NoDavid CurrierOpen Source VM2018-12-14T18:04:47.859ZOracle VM VirtualBox is used by our internal IT department to test various operating systems and applications. It's a very useful tool to stand up to a virtualized environment for testing. It's easy to use and manage.,This open source software is a powerful tool to test deployment of any new OS and applications.
VirtualBox is a general-purpose virtualizer of hardware that can host any targeted server or desktop.,Compatibility issues. At times there seems to be errors when configuring a virtual machine with newer OS. For example, Windows 10.
Lack of support. Being that this is an Open Source software there is very little support as far as articles available to troubleshoot issues.,9,This being an Open Source application it's a no-brainer when looking for an inexpensive way to simulate a virtual environment.,No,Citrix Hypervisor (formerly XenServer) and BMC Virtualization Management,Mitel Applications Suite, Skype for Business (formerly Lync), AsigraMauro CarrilloA great software2018-10-22T20:18:09.087ZOracle VirtualBox is a great addition to my organization's software collection, as it gives us the ability to make use of other software available, such as Genie Motion, by running them directly on the virtual environment. It is so simple to do this using VirtualBox, as the user interface gives the user the ability to change most of the parameters involved.,Oracle VirtualBox has guides for optimum virtual machine performance, but does not limit the user to using them.
VirtualBox is fast to setup and simple to use
The user interface gives users the ability to change a wide range of the machines parameters before starting the Virtual Machine,In some computers, for the Virtual Machine to work one must allow virtualization through the bios
VirtualBox settings, such as sound drivers, are not available
To use some drivers one must install guest OS features, which is an addon,9,The initial capital invested in this software was very minimal and so it was easy to recover the amounts.
With use of the software, we are able to use virtual machines and use different operating systems, like for example mac OS, for design without buying the expensive hardware
The overall investment cost has been met in less than a year,No,VMware Workstation,VMware WorkstationBenard MutuaOur VM Box Usage Review2018-03-12T20:04:30.481ZIt is being used to build virtual Linux instances on Windows X86 boxes to help facilitate our DevOps processes and development processes, including our move to containers. It allows the ability to do this without the developers having to have full admin rights on their machines.,Creating of VMs for Linux with very little work
Facilitating the use of docker and containerizing workloads via development desktops
Provides standard ways to share environments between developers,It takes a while to start up
Slows down machines a bit,10,For my organization, it was a springboard to enhanced development and faster development while keeping security in mind,No,Docker,JIRA Software, Jenkins, Apache TomcatBryan SalernoVirtualBox is The Top Cross-Platform, Local Virtual Lab2017-11-07T20:14:48.644ZI've worked in multiple environments where I, and co-workers, used Oracle VirtualBox for local sandbox environments. I have used it to test out PowerShell scripts against mock Active Directory environments that I have spun up, allowing me to test code for demonstrations. When I have presented at user groups or a conference, I was able to have an environment the way I wanted it and could properly show code executing against Windows systems. I have been able to also test out Vagrant, Test-Kitchen, Chef, and Desired State Configuration (DSC) with Oracle VirtualBox as the virtual environment targeted with those tools.,Can spin up multiple VMs on a host-only network that speak to each other and allow for interesting test environments spun up at will.
Cross-platform functionality allows me to run it on my Linux Desktop and know that tutorials I make with it could be approached by someone on a Windows or Mac OSX system. Hyper-V is limited to Windows, and VMware Workstation requires a license (VMware Player is free, but is not open-source and is more limited in comparison to VirtualBox).
If you are testing tools like Vagrant and Test-Kitchen, VirtualBox often seems to have the highest amount of support and documentation when it comes to compatibility (though, many people do use Hyper-V or VMware Workstation without issues).,I have had issues in the past when it has come to resizing VM disk storage. The issue is entirely detailed here: https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/9103 -- the problem was caused because of having existing snapshots (which error message output was not detailing). I haven't had to deal with the issue due to my dynamic disk sizes not being small from the start anymore (this is mostly an issue for my Windows VMs where the base disk may need significant size for the OS). It looks like, for a resize, that a merge of all snapshots has to occur first -- one user on that list details a workaround to maintain snapshots by cloning the VM. (Note: 5.2 was just released a few weeks ago, and looks like it should prevent the problem happening in the future by properly informing users that it isn't possible with snapshots).
Certain scenarios, like resizing disks, required dropping into a terminal as there were no options to previously do so via the GUI. According to some recent posts, I've seen that v5.2 has added disk management stuff like that to the GUI (or will be adding it). I'm comfortable with dropping into the terminal, but in a teaching scenario or when evaluating the learnability of the tools, it complicates things.,9,I'd say practically always positive due to the turn around in testing. Being able to snapshot systems, run tests, load from previous snapshots, etc. quickly and locally is nice to have. As an educator, it was helpful to test and play in a sandbox before giving presentations and students could follow along
If working in older, large enterprises, there may not be much for testing environments -- or the test environment may not in any way reflect the production environment -- so local testing with VirtualBox helps
Difficulty in testing may also exist in companies where security is tight, mangled, or confusing -- leaving local VM testing as the quickest path to proof-of-concept.
If one is not an educator or freelancer, a workplace should implement a proper build pipeline with multiple environments (test/QA/prod) so that an employee doesn't have to work their testing locally in a configuration that differs from the environment ultimately used in production. Unfortunately, many companies are not in this position for a variety of reasons (often an eternal battle between technical debt, bureaucracy, and resources), which is where VirtualBox comes into play. In this scenario, one should avoid letting the "workaround" of VirtualBox seem like a solution to avoid addressing those issues.
For self-education, in learning new tools, software, etc., VirtualBox has allowed me to quickly be up and running with whatever it is I'm taking a look at. As a tool to assist in learning, it is excellent. Other tools like Docker have made evaluations and self-teaching quicker and easier.,Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware Workstation Player and VMware Workstation Pro,Ubuntu Linux, Google Domains, WixDerek ArdolfVirtualBox Review2017-12-22T15:45:40.449ZWhen we wanted to set up an environment (multiple PCs) with different OSs for testing cross-OSs testing), we used Oracle VM. Initially, we had some difficulties while setting up the VM, configuring the virtual hard disk and virtual network. But, later after getting the IT team's help and some of our colleagues help we were able to proceed. After installing VirtualBox and configuring it, the cost of multiple systems got reduced and we were able to take remote of the VMs created separately and test in the VM.,It's open source and many customization options are available. It's easy to install and operate.
VirtualBox supports lots of different disk image formats, including the VMDK format (for VMWare).
Can suspend current VM machine state and even save states, so that we can login to the previous state easily.
Can run different OS and switch between them easily.
VM Import/Export can be done, so that, for new VM creation the backup of VM setting can be used.,The performance of Oracle Virtualbox is a bit slower than competitors and the interface is unstable.
The advanced functions, like setting up a network drive between guest and host are a bit tricky and takes some time to set up.
Sometimes transferring files (large files) between the client and host is a bit problematic.
Help documents are bit confusing and more screenshots related to installation, configuration should be included.,9,Positive impact: The cost of multiple servers got reduced by installing Virtualbox.
Though it's open source, it has many customization options, which are available mostly in paid tools and this helped in configuring Virtualbox VM easily.
The ability to suspend and restart sessions saved the most time, as it makes faster to test specific features of a site or application.
It supports multiple UI languages and reconfigurable keyboard shortcuts.
Negative impact: If the test environment is large, the performance of VM was bit slow.
Sometimes the drag-and-drop support does not function as expected from host to the guest, or vice versa.,Yes,VMWare and Hyper-V,Hyper-V, VMware FusionSuhas Kashyap RRVirtualBox, keeping development environments consistent2017-11-08T16:28:42.835ZWe use VirtualBox so that everyone can have, build, and share standard developer environments. If there is an issue with an environment, one can rebuild it if needed. As the environment changes or needs updating, everyone can run the same build scripts to do so. By taking snap shots of the VM, we can also roll back to a previous states in the development environment if an update does not go as planned.,VM's provide a common development environment across all developers
VM's allow moving an existing environment form an old system to a new system with less setup,The only downside of running a VM along side another system is the memory usage. Once we have two OS's running at the same time your RAM is split in half, or how everyone allocated it. If we allow the VM to use 8GB it will take all 8GB regardless if it is using it or not. Ideally the VM will allocate or release the RAM as needed.,9,Our main goal by using VirtualBox is to have a full developer environment that can be changed and used by any developer in and out of the office.,NoLouis MarceauFree Virtualization? Why Not?2017-11-07T20:20:37.044ZWe use VirtualBox primarily in our department. It allows us to quickly develop and test in various standardized environments on our own PCs. Testing is the primary use case - whether testing a back-end application before deploying to a live server or testing front-end applications with a variety of operating systems and browsers.,Free
Actively updated & quite stable
Popular - Good community support,Some interface elements could be more intuitive
Documentation is good, but there's room for improvement
Performance in some areas might have room for improvement,9,Improved QA
Improved Efficiency,VMware ESXi,VMware ESXi, Vagrant, Ubuntu LinuxChris Putnam
Unspecified
Oracle VM VirtualBox
98 Ratings
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