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Intel Server System vs. Red Hat Virtualization

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Intel Server System
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Intel offers rack servers, the Intel Server System was launched in early 2016 and presents a family of rack servers.N/A
Red Hat Virtualization (RHV)
Score 6.1 out of 10
N/A
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.
$999
Per Year Per Hypervisor
Pricing
Intel Server SystemRed Hat Virtualization
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Standard
$999.00
Per Year Per Hypervisor
Premium
$1,499.00
Per Year Per Hypervisor
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Intel Server SystemRed Hat Virtualization (RHV)
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Intel Server SystemRed Hat Virtualization
Considered Both Products
Intel Server System
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Intel Server System
Samsung seems to have a smoother system setup. In terms of pricing, you can find certain items at a better price however the same thing goes for intel. Samsung can be more user-friendly and is a well-known brand. performance and pace is also something Samsung tends to be better …
UK
Utkarsh Khandelwal
System Administrator
Chose Intel Server System
I select Intel server system because it very supportive with other hardware's and software's as well so we recommend this
Red Hat Virtualization (RHV)
NS
Naveen Sharma
Consultant
Chose Red Hat Virtualization (RHV)
Red Hat Virtualization is the best enterprise-level virtualization software for an organization that needs cost-effective and flexible solutions for its environment. We can easily integrate RHEV with other Red Hat software like OpenStack...etc. RHEV is highly customizable …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Red Hat Virtualization (RHV)
RHV has the following advantages:
  • They have relatively cheaper subscriptions compared to others.
  • With the future going to Openstack and containerization migrating to KVM-based virtualization will be easier to migrate to future products.
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Red Hat Virtualization (RHV)
Compared to oVirt, RHEV is more stable but has fewer capabilities. ESX is far more difficult to automate.
Emile Swarts | TrustRadius Reviewer
Emile Swarts
Developer
Chose Red Hat Virtualization (RHV)
  • Red Hat Enterprise is more expensive but better supported when it comes to support.
  • Amazon WorkSpaces had more online documentation and resources to scan through.
Chose Red Hat Virtualization (RHV)
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 …
Valentin Höbel | TrustRadius Reviewer
Valentin Höbel
Senior Consultant IT Infrastructure
Chose Red Hat Virtualization (RHV)
RHEV offers a decent GUI and many management features, such as an API.
IN
Ian Neveu
Cloud Services Engineer
Chose Red Hat Virtualization (RHV)
We use them both, as one is not better than the other at all facets required. There is still a need to use both products, as we have not fully switched to RHEV due to Vsphere still having an edge over them with edits available to the systems while they are operational or they …
Charles Inglese | TrustRadius Reviewer
Charles Inglese
Senior System Engineer
Chose Red Hat Virtualization (RHV)
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 …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Red Hat Virtualization (RHV)
Pretty much Open Source sums it up.
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Red Hat Virtualization (RHV)
RHEV is more stable than ovirt but less capability. Much easier to automate than esx
Features
Intel Server SystemRed Hat Virtualization
Server Virtualization
Comparison of Server Virtualization features of Product A and Product B
Intel Server System
-
Ratings
Red Hat Virtualization
7.7
Ratings
6% below category average
Virtual machine automated provisioning00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Management console00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Live virtual machine backup00 Ratings7.20 Ratings
Live virtual machine migration00 Ratings6.90 Ratings
Hypervisor-level security00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
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Small Businesses
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Score 10.0 out of 10
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DigitalOcean Droplets
Score 8.7 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
HPE ProLiant DL
HPE ProLiant DL
Score 5.9 out of 10
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VMware vSOM (discontinued)
Score 10.0 out of 10
Enterprises
IBM Z
IBM Z
Score 9.3 out of 10
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Score 10.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
Intel Server SystemRed Hat Virtualization
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(0 ratings)
6.6
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Intel Server SystemRed Hat Virtualization
Likelihood to Recommend
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UK
Utkarsh Khandelwal
System Administrator
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Red Hat Virtualization is suitable for small implementation and hosting VMs. However, when you start asking for additional features or enhancements, the engineering team is not the flexible as other engineering teams in Red Hat. It is very likely they will not accept adding features or in the best case. They wouldn't commit to a plan when it is possible to be available.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Pros
  • As we are using intel server from many more years and sucessffuly drive the business
  • when we used for data mining and data analysis work intel server support very well
  • My on of friend using the intel server for graphics use he is happy to work on it
UK
Utkarsh Khandelwal
System Administrator
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  • RHV issues/bugs can be reported via Bugzilla to RH support. The service is great and typically responds soon.
  • Red Hat distribution integration is seamless as it is integrated into the kernel.
  • OpenStack support enables more customized VM templates and network configuration control.
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Anonymous
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Cons
  • Shipping times
  • setup instructions
  • wiring
Verified User
Anonymous
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  • Documentation of RHEV needs more improvement.
  • RHEV GUI needs a lot of improvements in some versions of RHEV, GUI will not work properly (shows incorrect details of VM ).
  • Need fast rollout of patch releases.
  • Need good linux Knowledge to manage the RHEVM.
NS
Naveen Sharma
Consultant
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Alternatives Considered
Samsung seems to have a smoother system setup. In terms of pricing, you can find certain items at a better price however the same thing goes for intel. Samsung can be more user-friendly and is a well-known brand. performance and pace is also something Samsung tends to be better on.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Red Hat Virtualization is the best enterprise-level virtualization software for an organization that needs cost-effective and flexible solutions for its environment. We can easily integrate RHEV with other Red Hat software like OpenStack...etc. RHEV is highly customizable software, which helps us to customize our environment. Since RHEV is an open-source tool, we can install it on any hardware. There is no proprietary dependency.
NS
Naveen Sharma
Consultant
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Return on Investment
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  • improved our operation
  • provides alternative ways of thinking
Verified User
Anonymous
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  • 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!
Matthew J. Fitzpatrick | TrustRadius Reviewer
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