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Odin Virtuozzo Containers [EOL] vs VMware vSphere comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Odin Virtuozzo Containers [...
Average Rating
6.0
Reviews Sentiment
4.2
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
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VMware vSphere
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
456
Ranking in other categories
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Featured Reviews

Ramon Ruiz - PeerSpot reviewer
Significant backup for containers, but the customer service is terrible
Anyone considering this solution should not compare it to the old versions. They should be a partner with Virtuozzo and run all the certifications. Also, they need a good lab to understand the technology and how they can apply that technology conveniently. This is very commercial software. It does not have support, so you will need to be hands-on. I would rate Odin Virtuozzo a six out of 10 overall.
Neeraj Mehra - PeerSpot reviewer
Streamlines virtualization and has features like high availability and vMotion
The primary use case is for virtualization, including the implementation of vSphere, vCloud Foundation, vCloud Director, and cloud automation with vSphere My customers, particularly SMBs, mainly utilize High Availability (HA), DRS, and vMotion features. The vMotion feature is beneficial for…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"When you run templates on the containers on Virtuozzo they have a lot of back-ups."
"Ease-of-Use; The solution is very simple to use and to manage. Updates are simple. The biggest feature that enables the ease of use is the fact that you can update via the web interface. With a couple of clicks, the update is done; no manual intervention, you just click Update and it automatically reboots the server for you and you're back up and going again."
"Valuable features include VHA, DRS, VMotion, and redundancy and failover; any DR situation."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its performance."
"It has allowed us to be more resilient to infrastructure and hardware failure, reduced hardware costs, and decreased recovery time from failures."
"In terms of overall features, vSphere's stability stands out on top. Not only is it highly stable, but we're also able to have a quick backup server on standby."
"Stable and secure management console for virtual environments, with a diligent technical support team."
"We have the possibility to move workloads to different locations."
"We have removed the need for backups and going to the office at three in the morning to change a server. I do everything during my business hours. It gave me my life back."
 

Cons

"Odin Virtuozzo has poor support and needs to improve."
"The support for VMware vSphere can be fast or it can be slow. Recently it has been slow, they need to decrease the wait time and quality of their support."
"The solution needs to improve its stability."
"It needs to integrate better between multiple modules."
"An area for improvement is that when comparing VMware to Nutanix, Nutanix has higher availability, like clustering for virtual machines. That is a good idea and VMware could profit from something like that for higher availability installations."
"The technical support is good. However, it could be more seamless when it comes to chat support and lower response times."
"The solution is stable. However, it could improve by being more secure."
"I can't speak to any missing features. It has everything I need."
"I would like them to move into having a containerized application to manage the vCenter."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The license for Odin Virtuozzo is based on consumption on demand."
"I think the cost should be reconsidered. VMware is not the cheapest solution out there, despite the fact that it may be one of the best."
"It could be cheaper."
"I'm not a pricing or budgeting person, but I know that its price is a little bit high, and they can consider reviewing it. Its price is probably the highest in this domain."
"Its price is quite high. VMware licensing is quite costly. You have to pay for the CPU and Threads, but if you want good service, you have to pay the price. Its cost is not more than 1 million for us."
"Purchase only the cheaper solution with support. I don’t recommend high-end licenses."
"The business is able to gain in faster services because you are provisioning the ends more quickly due to templates. Thus, the provisioning is quite good."
"We pay for the license of VMware vSphere yearly."
"The price could improve for the enterprise versions."
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it_user234735 - PeerSpot reviewer
May 10, 2015
Hyper-V 2012 R2 vs. VMware vSphere 5.5
I was won with Hyper-V 2012R2 recently and the table below based on customer RFP (edited). This articles all about technical, there is not related with TCO/ROI, licensing cost, “political”, etc. Another to noted is the Windows Server 2012 licenses is based on 2 socket CPU, meanwhile…
 

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