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What is Red Hat Virtualization (RHV)?
Red 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…
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- Virtual machine automated provisioning (10)7.979%
- Management console (10)7.373%
- Live virtual machine backup (9)7.272%
- Live virtual machine migration (10)6.969%
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$999.00
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$1,499.00
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| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | No |
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Red 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.
Reviewers rate Hypervisor-level security highest, with a score of 8.9.
The most common users of Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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February 09, 2018
Redhat - Virtualization well done
It is currently being used in our department and we will be making the switch soon from VMware which is currently deployed. It is a really efficient VDI solution and we may end up using it for more departments prior to full enterprise wide deployment. So far it has been really reliable and easy to use with its control via the Web UI and no need for an installed application.
- Extremely reliable
- Easy to maintain in regards to upgrades
- RedHat has done a great job for added customization
- Open-source so has to be awesome
- Great end-user experience
- Well done on the Live migration
- Saw minor issues during first boot and configuration of VM's
- I doubt its a con but you need decent Linux skills to work with this
- Could improve and make more user-friendly in terms of UI
- Replacement costs are high for employee PC hardware and such a product has helped cut down costs and will continue to do so once deployed across more departments
- Increased availability and manageability
December 13, 2017
You don't know Virtualization until you've tried RHEV!
It's currently being used across the organization - it includes all the enterprise-grade features for a less overall TCO as compared to something like VMware's offerings. It's easy to use, manage, and provision and has rock-solid reliability. It's backed with the best support in the industry and uses KVM Virtualization under the hood which is used all throughout the industry by some of the top names (AWS and Rackspace to name a couple).
- Base licensing includes H/A and Live Migration features (you don't have to pay extra for them like VMware).
- It's all completely managed through a WebUI - no fat client you have to install.
- Very easy to use, manage, provision, and upgrade.
- It's definitely come a long ways from what it used to be and is certainly a lot easier - the initial setup/configuration used to be quite difficult but really isn't anymore.
- Better support and third-party integration for backup, snapshots, and restore of VMs like VEEAM for VMware - this is my only complaint. There are companies that offer solutions for RHEV however they're very limited and can be pricey.
- I think some improvement can be made for deploying micro and cloud services through RHEV.
94%
9.4
- It has had an extremely positive impact on my overall business and has allowed me to utilize and leverage it as an offering to my clients.
- It's an extremely solid, robust, and reliable product built off of KVM Virtualization technology.
- Less expensive solution than VMware and includes more features!
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!
February 29, 2016
RHEV is a great option as an open-source hypervisor!
RHEV is being used to implement an open-source hypervisor (KVM) with an easy-to-use front end for our customers. Our organization is exploring the feasibility of using it to deploy to multiple external locations in order to make management of VMs easy for remote administrators. It has a very well documented Python API, which makes automation easier to implement.
- Automation integration
- Migration of VMs from one physical host to another
- Support for open-source community projects, such as Gluster, Cinder, and Glance
- Product Q&A, regression testing, bug fix turnaround
- Standardization of deployment between the baseline products (e.g. stand-alone vs. appliance should support same configuration options)
- Improve WebUI navigation
82%
8.2
- Reduced COTS costs to our organization due to the fact that it is open-source and has a freely available version (oVirt)
- It has helped to bring technology quickly to our operational locations due to the ability to quickly automate and deploy it
- It has enabled increased security to our enterprise due to the fact that it supports SELinux and allows us to customize the security posture of the infrastructure more easily
VMware ESXi is a more mature technology, as it has been around for a longer period of time. However, automating ESXi installations requires hacking OEM media and an intense amount of knowledge of how ESXi operates under the hood. The WebUI and associated functionality for ESXi is more stable than RHEV, however ESXi does not support open-source community projects such as Gluster, Cinder, or Glance natively and relies on HW RAID, NAS, or SAN to achieve high availability. Additionally ESXi licenses tend to be more expensive than using RHEV or it's freely available sibling oVirt.