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What is Oracle VM VirtualBox?
Open source, cross-platform, virtualization software that enables developers to deliver code faster by running multiple operating systems on a single device, used to deploy applications on-premises and to the cloud. Oracle VM VIrtualBox is Oracle's cross-platform virtualization offering, acquired with…
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- Live virtual machine backup (37)8.282%
- Virtual machine automated provisioning (37)8.080%
- Management console (45)8.080%
- Live virtual machine migration (33)7.070%
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What is Oracle VM VirtualBox?
Open source, cross-platform, virtualization software that enables developers to deliver code faster by running multiple operating systems on a single device, used to deploy applications on-premises and to the cloud. 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.
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Open source, cross-platform, virtualization software that enables developers to deliver code faster by running multiple operating systems on a single device, used to deploy applications on-premises and to the cloud. 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.
Hyper-V, Parallels Desktop, and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) are common alternatives for Oracle VM VirtualBox.
Reviewers rate Live virtual machine backup highest, with a score of 8.2.
The most common users of Oracle VM VirtualBox are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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February 17, 2022
Oracle VM VirtualBox Review
Score 10 out of 10
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It's a very useful and simple to use tool. We use instead of Vmware Workstation or Vmware Player, and it's very reliable, multiplatform, and cheaper than Vmware. The community behind it is great and thanks to Oracle, the support is very responsive.
- Virtualization
- Migration of VM
- Network configuration amongst VM
- I would like a better conversion tool from Vmware.
32%
3.2
- The initial cost was 0.
- The time needed to start using is zero.
- The learning curve is very flat.
5
We are all IT components.
4
The whole IT team.
- Test
- Developing
- Cloning VM
- Multiplatform
- I think that it can be used in production environment.
- Storage migration
- Cloning
- Snapshot management
- Virtual box tools, should be automatic
No
October 01, 2019
Free software virtualization keeping everyone in sync
We 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.
75%
7.5
- 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
September 29, 2017
VirtualBox is 'virtually' the best free VM engine out there!
Used by a wide range of employees both individually and within teams to create and manage test networks for new software. Allows the end user to implement and explore new software, to test suitability for business needs, and even the compatibility of said software into the system already in place.
Additionally, we can create internal networks or similar environments which are not on the business network and then use them for training exercises and the like with no risk to the wider network.
And, of course IT'S FREE.
Additionally, we can create internal networks or similar environments which are not on the business network and then use them for training exercises and the like with no risk to the wider network.
And, of course IT'S FREE.
- Manages multiple VM's simultaneously. As a software used to create environments with several machines, this is a great strength.
- Allows a bridged network to be built with extreme ease.
- Central dashboard is concise and informative, without being cluttered.
- Seriously easy to pick up as a first time user. Never counter-intuitive.
- Can be run across a range of OS - not restricted to Windows !
- Full screen mode - it is not always the easiest job getting out of a machine when in full screen mode.
- Network settings - all new VM's use NAT by default, which whilst ok for most may be an annoyance if you want a Bridged network in place - you have to power down the machine to change the network settings each time.
- Lacks in system integration features that paid-for competitors do have, such as printing direct to host's printer. Minor annoyance for network building purposes however.
32.5%
3.3
- + Allowed for cost saving solutions to software testing and environment creation
- - Not as good as paid-for alternatives that also don't break the bank.
Considering it is free, the comparison seems slightly unfair, however my personal preference is still Virtual Box. The added features within Fusion are nowhere near important or useful enough to justify spending budget money on it. Therefore, despite VB being less aesthetically pleasing, and at times clunkier and slower to use, it doesn't cost anything and thus is a limitless tool in terms of applications throughout the business.
Yes
For me personally it replaced VMware Fusion, as it was free and fulfilled all of the necessary requirements for my purpose.
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Oracle are a hugely successful brand - even a household name. I knew that a piece of software released by Oracle was highly likely to be reliable and user-friendly, and was not proved wrong.
Trial more alternatives than just the one, and give longer to trial each product to ensure it actually is as good as it seems at first use.
- Running and switching between multiple VMs.
- Dashboard gives more than enough info on each VM.
- Quick to install and boot, simplistic design allows for immediate VM launch.
- Running several VMs simultaneously.
- Changing settings for a machine in the middle of a job as each machine must be powered down first to do so.
- Connecting to the host machine for uses such as printing or USB redirection.
No