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Virtualization Matrix
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Content created by Virtualizationmatrix; (Contributors: Sean Cohen, Raissa Tona)
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Virtualization Matrix
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Virtualization Matrix
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| Assessment | Overview |
vSphere 5.5 Enterprise Plus with Operations Management - Click Here For Overview
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RHEV 3.3 - Click Here For Details
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WS 2012 R2+ SC 2012 R2 (DC) - Click Here For Overview
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XenServer 6.2 Commercial Edition - Click Here For Details
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| | Maturity |
Release Dates: vSphere 5.5: Sep 22nd 2013 (ESX: 2001/2002, ESXi: Dec-2007) - more in details
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RHEV 3.3 released in January 2014 (RHEV 3.2 - June 2013, RHEV 3.1 - Dec 2012, RHEV 2.1 - Nov 2009, 2.2: Aug 2010, RHEV 3.0: Jan
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Release Dates - WS2012R2, SC2012R2: Oct 2013, WS2012: Sep 2012, SC2012 Apr 2012 - SP1 Jan 2013 (initial Hyper-V: Jun 08, SCVMM
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6.2 Release Date: June 2013 (Xen - 2003, Citrix XenServer 2007, 5.6SP2 March 2011, v6: Sep 2011, 6.1: Sep 2012)
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| | Market Position |
Leader (Position 1)
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One of the 6 players in Gartner Magic Quadrant 2013 - Click here for details
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Leader' Quadrant (behind VMware)
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Challenger' Quadrant (behind VMware and MS)
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| Pricing | Virtualization ($) |
OM Ent+ (5.5): $4,245/socket + S&S 1Y: $891 (B) or $1061 (Prod)
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RHEV 3.3 Premium: $1,499/socket-pair/year RHEV 3.3 Standard: $999/socket-pair/year (Includes Desktop Virtualization Features)
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Datacenter: $6,1554 for (up to) 2 sockets (28% increase)
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Open Source (free) or commercial: Annual: $500 / socket, Perpetual: $1250 / socket (incl. SA and support)
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| | Management ($) |
$4995(Std) + $1049(B) or $1249 (P), $1,495(Fnd) + $545(B) or $645(P)
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n/a (included in RHEV hypervisor subscription
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System Center 2012 R2 Datacenter: $3,607 or Standard $1,323 per managed endpoint (up to 2 CPU)
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Free (XenCenter)
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| | Bundle/Kit Pricing ($) |
See AK with OM - Enterprise Plus
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Yes, combined RHEL and RHEV offering 26% savings
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ECI (20% discount)
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No
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| | Guest OS Licensing |
One SLES subscription per active SnS
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RHEV: No (RHEL: 1/4/unlimited)
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yes - unlimited OSEs (Windows Server vms)
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No
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| General | Central Management |
Yes (vCenter Server Standard + enhanced Web Client), enhanced vCSA, new SSO
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Yes (RHEV-M), various improvements, third-party plug-in framework now GA - NEW
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Yes (System Center 2012R2 / VMM)
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Yes (XenCenter), SCVMM (see details)
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| | Virtual and Physical |
Limited (plug-ins)
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Third-party plug-in framework
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Yes (Complete SC mgmt, Fabric Updates, Storage Management)
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No
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| | RBAC / AD-Integration |
Yes (vCenter and ESXi hosts), enhanced SSO
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Yes (AD and IPA)
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Yes (SCVMM)
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Yes (hosts/XenCenter)
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| | Cross-Vendor Mgmt |
Limited (free) Multi-Hypervisor Manager 1.1 ; (vCloud Automation Center - Fee-Based Add-On)
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No (yes with CloudForms - Fee-Based Add-On)
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Improved (VMware & Citrix Virtualization)
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No (Yes for VDI and CloudPlatform - Fee-Based Add-ONs)
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| | Browser Based Mgmt |
Yes - Enhanced Web Client (with enhanced SSO and BDE)
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Yes (RHEV-M, Power User Portal
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Limited (SSPs)
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No (Web Self Service: retired)
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| | Adv. Operation Management |
vCenter Operations Management Suite Standard
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No (yes with CloudForms - Fee-Based Add On)
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Yes (SC Operations Manager)
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No
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| Updates and Backup | Hypervisor Upgrades |
Yes (Update Manager)
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Limited
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Yes (Cluster Aware Updates, Fabric Updates; Management Servers - NEW)
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Limited (CLI) - XenCenter updates with commercial version only!
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| | VM Patching |
Limited (Update Manager)
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Yes (Red Hat Network)
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Yes (WSUS, SCCM, VMST)
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No
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| | Live VM Snapshot |
Yes
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Yes; Including RAM - NEW
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Yes (Checkpoint) - incl. live export - NEW
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yes
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| | Backup Integration API |
Yes (vStorage API Data Protection)
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Backup API - NEW
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Yes (VSS API)
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Limited
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| | Integrated Backup |
Yes (vSphere Data Protection) - Replication of backup data, granular backup and scheduling - New!
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No
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Yes (WSB & DPM incl. Linux VMs - NEW), Azure Backup (New Fee Based Offering)
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No (Retired)
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| Deployment | Automated Host Deployments |
Yes - Auto Deploy
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No
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Yes (bare metal through VMM), incl. Scale-Out File Server Cluster - NEW
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No
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| | VM Templates |
Yes
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Yes, CloudInit support - NEW
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Yes (now incl. 'Gen 2' templates)
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Yes
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| | Tiered VM Templates |
Yes (vApp/OVF)
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No ('Deployables' for CloudForms - fee based cloud add-on)
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Yes (Service Templates), guest cluster support - NEW
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vApp
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| | Host Profiles |
Yes (Host Profiles) - enhanced for Auto Deploy
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No, Foreman Integration (Tech Preview) - New
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Yes (physical computer profiles)
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No
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| | Storage Profiles |
Yes (Profile-Driven Storage)
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No
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Yes (Storage Classifications - incl. file shares - NEW)
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No
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| Other | Resource Pools |
Yes
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No (but custom policies via new Scheduler)
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Yes (Host Groups)
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No
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| | P2V |
Stand-alone only (Converter)
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V2V, P2V & Partners
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No (use 'down-level 'VMM versions)
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No (XenConvert: retired), V2V: yes
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| | Self Service Portal |
No; (vCloud Suite Fee-Based Add-On)
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User Portal
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Yes (VMM console, App Controller, Service Manager/CSPP, Azure Pack - NEW)
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No (Web Self Service: retired)
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| | Orchestration / Workflows |
Yes (vCenter Orchestrator)
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No (CloudForms - Fee-Based Edition)
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Yes (SC Orchestrator, SC Service Mgr)
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Yes (Workflow Studio)
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| | Security |
ESXi Firewall, vShield Endpoint (Free); (vCloud Networking and Security / NSX - Fee-Based Add-Ons)
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SELinux, iptables, VLANs, Port Mirroring; Trusted Compute Pools - NEW
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Windows Security, Hyper-V Extensible Switch (DNSSEC, PVLANs, port ACLs, BitLocker etc.)
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Basic (NetScaler - Fee-Based Add-On)
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| | Systems Management |
SNMPv3 +CIM, esxcli, vMA
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Agent-based (RHEL), CIM, SNMP
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Yes (WMI + PowerShell)
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Yes (API / SDKs, CIM)
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