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Virtualization Evatution
Include Identify Showstoppers Include Matrix
Total Matrix Score (On Virtualization of Products)
Your Custom Matrix Score 193 67 187 54
Baseline Matrix Score 193 67 187 54
Virtualization Product Evaluated 4
Matrix Features total number of features (line) inmatrix
102
Custom Features custom lines added 0
Total Evaluated Features 102
of which Specified as
"Must Have" 0
"Nice to Have" 102
"Irrelevant/Excluded" 0
Custom Matrix Score by Category
Category vSphere 5.1 RHEV 3.2 Hyper-V 2012 XenServer 6.2
Total 193 67 187 54
General 8 6 2 7
Management 48 -4 54 -12
VM Mobility and HA 30 16 28 0
Hypervisor 44 34 36 22
Network and Storage 53 21 59 21
Cloud (Extensions) 0 0 0 0
VDI (Extensions) 10 -6 8 16
Extensions - Other 0 0 0 0
Total Matrix Score
Detailed Matrix Score
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Summary Box
Category Features Evaluated Must have Nice to have Irrelevant/Excluded
General 7 0 28 0
Management 22 0 88 0
VM Mobility and HA 12 0 48 0
Hypervisor 17 0 68 0
Network and Storage 24 0 96 0
Cloud (Extensions) 6 0 24 0
VDI (Extensions) 7 0 28 0
Extensions - Other 7 0 28 0
Must haveNice to hane
Supported feature by edition
Must haveNice to have
Unsupported feature by edition
GeneralEvaluation Panel
Version vSphere 5.1 RHEV 3.2 Hyper-V 2012 XenServer 6.2Edition Enterprise Plus RHEV DataCenter Commercial Edition
AssessmentOverview vSphere 5.1 - Click
Here For OverviewRHEV 3.2 - Click Here
For DetailsWS 2012 + SC 2012
SP1 (DC) - Click Here ForOverview
XenServer 6.2 - ClickHere For Details
Maturity Release Dates -
vSphere 5.1: Sep 2012(ESX: 2001/2002, ESXi:
Dec-2007)
RHEV 3.2 ReleaseDate: June 2013 (RHEV
3.1 - Dec 2012, RHEV 2.1- Nov 2009, 2.2: Aug2010, RHEV 3.0: Jan
2012)
Release Dates -WS2012: Sep 2012,
SC2012 Apr 2012 - SP1Jan 2013 (initial Hyper-V:Jun 08, SCVMM Sep 08)
6.2 Release Date: June2013 (Xen - 2003, CitrixXenServer 2007, 5.6SP2
March 2011, v6: Sep 2011,6.1: Sep 2012)
Market Position Leader (Position 1) One of the 6 players in
Gartner Magic Quadrant2012 ('Niche Player'
Quadrant) - Click here fordetails:
Leader' Quadrant(behind VMware)
Challenger' Quadrant(behind VMware and MS)
PricingVirtualization ($) 5.1 Ent+:
$3,495/socket + S&S 1Y:$734 (B) or $874 (Prod),
vSphere Desktop:$65/active desktop
RHEV 3.2 Premium:$1,498/socket-pair/year
RHEV 3.2 Standard:$998/socket-pair/year
(Includes RHEV Desktop -NEW!)
Datacenter: $4,809 for(up to) 2 sockets
Open Source (free) orcommercial: Annual: $500 /socket, Perpetual: $1250 /
socket (incl. SA andsupport)
Categorical summary of evaluated priorities and features
Strengths and Weaknesses
Identify Showstoppers
Show-Stoppers - Review Section: This section will help you identify potential Show-Stoppers i.e. features that are important to you butunsupported by the listed product.
Matrix
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Management(Back to Top) Evaluation Panel
Version vSphere 5.1 RHEV 3.2 Hyper-V 2012 XenServer 6.2Edition Enterprise Plus RHEV DataCenter Commercial Edition
GeneralCentral
ManagementYes (vCenter Server +
Web Client)Yes (REV-M),third-party plug-inframework - NEW
Yes (System Center2012 / VMM)
Yes (XenCenter),SCVMM (deprecated
feature)
Virtual and
PhysicalNo Third-party plug-in
framework - NEWYes (Complete SCmgmt, Fabric Updates,Storage Management)
No
RBAC /
AD-IntegrationYes (vCenter and ESXi
hosts)Yes (AD and IPA) Yes (SCVMM) Yes (hosts/XenCenter)
Cross-Vendor
MgmtLimited - Multi-Hypervisor manager(vCloud AutomationCenter/DynamicOps)
No (Red Hat CloudInfrastructure & Red Hat
Enterprise LinuxOpenStack)
Improved (VMware,Citrix)
No (yes for VDI - fee)
Browser Based
MgmtYes enhanced Web
Client (with SSO)Yes (RHEV-M, Power
User PortalLimited (SSPs) No (Web Self Service:
retired)
Adv. Operation
ManagementYes, vCenter
Operations ManagerFoundation
No (CloudForms) Yes (SC OperationsManager)
No
Updates and BackupHypervisor
UpgradesYes (Update Manager) Limited Yes (Fabric Updates,
CAU)Limited (rolling upgradewizard - new), commercial
version only!
VM Patching Limited (Update
Manager)Yes (Red Hat Network) Yes (WSUS, SCCM,
VMST)No
Live VM
SnapshotYes Yes Yes (Live Merge) yes
Backup
Integration APIYes (vStorage API
Data Protection)Limited Yes (VSS API) Limited
Integrated
BackupYes (Data Protection -
New)No Yes (WSB&DPM,
incremental),No (Retired)
DeploymentAutomated Host
DeploymentsYes - Auto Deploy
(new: Stateless Caching &Stateful Installs)
No Yes (bare metalthrough VMM)
No
VM Templates Yes Yes Yes Yes
Tiered VM
TemplatesYes (vApp/OVF) No ('Deployables' for
CloudForms - fee basedcloud add-on)
Yes (ServiceTemplates)
vApp
Host Profiles Yes (Host Profiles) -
enhanced for Auto DeployNo Yes No
Storage Profiles Yes (Profile-Driven
Storage)No Yes (Storage
Classifications)No
OtherResource Pools Yes No Yes (Host Groups) No
P2V Stand-alone only
(Converter)V2V, P2V & Partners Yes No (XenConvert:
retired), V2V: yes
Self ServicePortal
No (vCloud Suite - fee) User Portal (Quotainformation Tech Preview)
- NEW
Yes (VMM console,App Controller, Service
Manager/CSPP)
No (Web Self Service:retired)
Orchestration /
WorkflowsYes (vCenter
Orchestrator)No (CloudForms) Yes (SC Orchestrator,
SC Service Mgr)Yes (Workflow Studio)
Security Yes (ESXi Firewall,
vShield Zones and vShieldEndpoint - NEW), vCloudNetworking and Security
NEW (not included)
SELinux, iptables,VLANs, Port Mirroring
Windows Security,Hyper-V Extensible Switch(DNSSEC, PVLANs, port
ACLs, BitLocker etc.)
Yes
Systems
ManagementSNMPv3 (NEW)
+CIM, esxcliAgent-based (RHEL),
CIM, SNMPYes (WMI +
PowerShell)Yes (API / SDKs,
CIM)
VM Mobility andEvaluation Panel
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HA(Back to Top)
Version vSphere 5.1 RHEV 3.2 Hyper-V 2012 XenServer 6.2Edition Enterprise Plus RHEV DataCenter Commercial Edition
VM MobilityLive Migration of
VMsYes vMotion, Metro
vMotion and 'sharednothing' vMotion (4-8
concurrent)
Yes (Live Migration -1/CPU core up to 5 max)
Yes ('Unlimited'Concurrent Live, outside
clusters and 'SharedNothing')
Yes XenMotion (1)
MigrationCompatibility
Yes (EVC) Yes (except with CPUpass-through - NEW)
Yes (ProcessorCompatibility)
Yes (HeterogeneousPools)
Maintenance
ModeYes Yes Yes Yes
Automated Live
MigrationYes (DRS) - CPU,Mem, Storage (now
compatible with vCD -NEW)
Yes (LB) - CPU only Yes - DynamicOptimization (CPU, mem,
disk I/O, Net I/O)
No (WorkloadBalancing: retired)
Power
ManagementYes (DPM) Yes (Power Saving) Yes - Power
OptimizationNo (WorkloadBalancing: retired)
StorageMigration
Yes (Live StoragevMotion); up to 4 parallel
operations (NEW)
Yes (Fully supported -NEW)
Yes (Live and 'SharedNothing')
Yes (StorageXenMotion)
HA/DRCluster Size 32 host / 4000 vms 200 hosts/cluster 64 nodes / 8000 vims 16 hosts / resource pool
Integrated HA
(Restart vm)Yes (VMware HA) -incl Storage heartbeat
Yes (HA) Yes (vm Affinity,Prioritization)
Yes
Automatic VM
ResetYes (VMware HA) Yes (HA) Yes (Heartbeat) No
VM Lockstep
ProtectionYes (Fault Tolerance) No No No
Application/ServiceHA
HA ApplicationMonitoring API
No Yes No
Site Failover vSphere Replication
(SRM fee-based Add-On)Not natively (butthird-party plug-in
framework - NEW)
Hyper-V Replica Integrated DisasterRecovery (no storage array
control)
Hypervisor(Back to Top) Evaluation Panel
Version vSphere 5.1 RHEV 3.2 Hyper-V 2012 XenServer 6.2Edition Enterprise Plus RHEV DataCenter Commercial Edition
GeneralHypervisorDetails/Size
ESXi only - 5.1 Build799733 10 SEPT 2012
KVM with RHEV-H orRHEL - details here
Hyper-V R2 XenServer 6.2: Xen4.1.5 -based
Host ConfigMax
Consolidation Ratio512vm, 2048 vcpu No limit stated 1024 vims/host, 2048
vCPUs/host500 vm (Win) or 650
(Linux) per host
Max CPU - Host 160 (Logical) 160 (logical) 320 Logical CPUs 160 (logical)
Max Cores per
CPUunlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited
Max Memory -
Host2TB 2TB 4TB 1TB
VM ConfigMax vCPU per
VM64 160 vCPU per VM up to 64 vCPU (Win) /
64 vCPU (Linux)16 (Win) / 32(Linux)
Max RAM per
VM1TB 2TB 1TB 128GB
Serial Ports Yes (incl. vSPC) No (serial console via
hooks possible)yes (named pipe) No
Hot Add/Plug Yes (CPU, Mem, Disk,
NIC)Yes (disk, NIC) disks and memory
(dynamic) onlyYes (disk, NIC)
MemoryDynamic /Over-Commit
Yes (MemoryBallooning)
Yes (virtio) Yes - DynamicMemory (reclaim memory,
Smart Paging - new)
Yes (DMC)
Memory Page
SharingYes (Transparent Page
Sharing)Yes (KSM) No No
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HW Memory
TranslationYes Yes Yes (SLAT) Yes
InteroperabilityOVF Support Yes Yes Yes (OVF
Import/Export)Yes, incl. vApp
HW Compatibility Comprehensive Comprehensive Strong Windows
EcosystemImproving
Guest OS
SupportVery Comprehensive Limited Closing the gap Good
Scripting / APIs CIM / SMASH API,
SDKs for web services,Perl, Power CLI etc
REST API, PythonCLI, Hooks, SDK
Yes (PowerShell 3,WMI API)
Yes (SDK, API,PowerShell)
Cloud API vCloud API REST API, Deltacloud
APIService Provider
Foundation APICloudStack APIs,support for AWS API
Network andStorage(Back to Top)
Evaluation Panel
Version vSphere 5.1 RHEV 3.2 Hyper-V 2012 XenServer 6.2Edition Enterprise Plus RHEV DataCenter Commercial Edition
StorageSupported
StorageDAS, NFS, FC, iSCSI,
SSD for Swap, FCoE(HW&SW), 16Gb FC
HBA (NEW)
DAS, iSCSI, NFS (v4),FC, FCoE, SAS, POSIX(direct LUN and Cross
Domain - New)
SMB3 (new), virtualFC (new), SAS, SATA,
iSCSI, FC, FCoE
DAS, SAS, iSCSI,NAS, FC, FCoE
SAN Multipath Yes (enhanced APD
and PDL)Yes (FC, iSCSI) Yes (DSM and SMB
Multichannel)Yes (limited for SAS)
Shared File
SystemYes (VMFS v5) SPM and support for
shared FSYes (CSV v2) Yes (SR)
Boot From SAN Yes (FC, iSCSI, FCoE
and SW FCoE - NEW)Yes Yes (iSCSI, diskless,
FC)Yes (iSCSI, FC)
Boot from USB Yes Yes No No
Virtual Disk
Formatvmdk, raw disk (RDM) RAW, Qcow2 .vhd - new (4KB
sectors), vhd, pass-through(raw)
vhd, raw disk (LUN)
Max Disk Size 2TB (vmdk), up to
64TB RDM (physicalcompatibility)
8TB (block),'unlimited' (file)
64TB (vhd), 2TB(vhdx), 256TB+ (raw)
2TB
Thin DiskProvisioning
Yes (now with SESparse Disk - NEW)
Yes Yes (Dynamic Disks,Trim - new)
Yes (Limitations onblock)
NPIV Support Yes (RDM only) Yes Yes (Virtual Fibre
Channel)No
Linked Images No (only VMware
View and vCloud Director)Yes Yes (Differencing Disk) Yes - Clone on boot
(new), clone, PVS, MCS
SW Storage
ReplicationYes (also without SRM
- NEW)No (Red Hat Storage
integration - Tech preview)Yes (Hyper-V Replica) No
Virtual SAN No (vSphere Storage
Appliance)No (Red Hat Storage
integration - Tech preview)Limited (Storage
Spaces)No
Storage
Integration (API)Yes (VASA, VAAI and
VAMP)No (Third-party plug-in
framework - NEW)SMI-S / SMP, ODX,
TrimIntegrated StorageLink
(deprecated)
Storage QoS Yes (SIOC) - incl. NFS
- NEWNo (requires scripts) Network-based only Basic
NetworkingAdvanced
Network SwitchYes (vDS), Various
Operational and Scalabilityimprovements - NEW
No Yes (Hyper-VExtensible Switch)
Yes (Open vSwitch) -distributed vSwitch is now
deprecated
NIC Teaming Yes (LACP Support -
NEW)Yes Yes Yes (incl. LACP -
New)
VLAN Yes Yes Yes Yes (limited for mgmt.
traffic)
PVLAN Yes No Yes No
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IPv6 Yes Guests only Yes Yes (guests only)
I/O Pass-Through Yes (SR-IOV - NEW
and VMDirectPath)Yes (with hooks) Yes - SRIOV (incl.
Live Migration)SR-IOV
Jumbo Frames Yes Yes Yes Yes
Offload Support Yes (TSO, NetQueue,
iSCSI)TOE Yes (D-VMQ, Ipsec
Offload, SR-IOV )Yes (TSO)
Network QOS Yes (NetIOC) No (requires scripts) Yes (max and min
bandwidth)Yes (outgoing)
TrafficMonitoring
yes (Port Mirroring) Yes (Port Mirroring) Yes (port mirroring) Yes (Port Mirroring)
Cloud (Extensions)(Back to Top) Evaluation Panel
Version vSphere 5.1 RHEV 3.2 Hyper-V 2012 XenServer 6.2Edition Enterprise Plus RHEV DataCenter Commercial Edition
CloudOverview vCloud Hybrid Service,
vCloud Hybrid Service,Pivotal
RHCI, CloudForms,OpenStack, RHEV,
OpenShift - Fee
Hyper-V + SystemCenter, Azure
CloudPlatform
Private Cloud vCloud Suite - Separate
(Fee-Based) Offering!RHEL+RHEV+CloudForms
- fee
Hyper-V 2012 +System Center 2012 (CIS
Suite Datacenter) -included
CloudPlatform (fee)
Public Cloud New: vCloud Hybrid
Service; vCloud DatacenterServices, vCloud PoweredServices, Cloud Foundry
(PaaS) - fee;
OpenShift (PaaS),Cloud Access (RHEL,
MGR-Grid, JBoss, StorageServer) through Red Hat
Certified Cloud Providers -fee
Windows Azure (PaaS,IaaS, Big Data, Media),
Windows AzureInfrastructure Services,Windows Azure MobileServices (NEW) - Separ
CloudPlatform (fee)
Hybrid Cloud
ConnectorsvCloud Connector(Free Basic Edition)
CloudForms(ManageIQ) - fee
App Controller -included
CloudBridge andNetScaler (fee)
Secure Multi-Tenancy (IaaS)
Yes (vDC, vCloudNetworking and Security -
now VMware NSX) -Separate (Fee-Based)
Offering!
Selinux, cgroups,OpenStack compute and
network, CloudForms - fee
Yes (Hyper-VExtensible Switch,Hyper-V Network
Virtualization) - included
VLANs, OVS(included); Security
Groups, custom networks(fee)
Network
Virtualization / SDNYes VMware NSX
(Nicira, vCNS ) - Separate(Fee-Based) Offering!
Red Hat OpenStackNetworking (part of RHCI)
Hyper-V NetworkVirtualization (IP AddressRewrite , GRE) - included
in Server 2012
SDN Controller + SDNPlugins (CloudPlatform -
fee)
VDI (Extensions)(Back to Top) Evaluation Panel
Version vSphere 5.1 RHEV 3.2 Hyper-V 2012 XenServer 6.2Edition Enterprise Plus RHEV DataCenter Commercial Edition
Desktop VirtualizaOverview VMware Horizon Suite
(fee)VDI now Included in
RHEVRemote DesktopServices (included in
Server 2012)
Citrix DesktopVirtualization (incl. Project
Avalon)
VDI / HVD Horizon View
(VMware View) - feeVDI in RHEV RDS (pooled, personal,
sessions, User Profile Disk,RemoteFX) - included
XenDesktop 7 - NEW(fee)
Published
Desktops / Apps (TeNo No Yes - RDS RemoteApp
and Desktop Sessions -included
XenDesktop 7(XenApp 6.5FP2) - New
fee
GraphicsCapability
Physical GPU(virtualized) - NEW, virtual
GPU
SPICE (2D) RemoteFX (WAN,Adaptive Graphics, USB
Redirection, MediaRemoting, vGPU) -
included
HDX, HDX3D Pro,shared GPU (OpenGL,
DirectX and more) -integrated with fee-based
products
Read Cache Host Cache / CBRC No CSV Cache - included IntelliCache (incl. with
XenServer)
User Portal / App
StoreHorizon Workspace
(fee)Yes (Power User
Portal) - incl. with RHEVRDS Web Access -
includedCloudGateway /
StoreFront (fee)
Persona &
LayeringPersona and Horizon
Mirage (incl. App Layers) -No User Profile Disk
(included) and UEVpersonal vDisk, Citrix
Profile Mgmt.
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fee (MDOP - Fee)
Extensions - Other(Back to Top) Evaluation Panel
Version vSphere 5.1 RHEV 3.2 Hyper-V 2012 XenServer 6.2Edition Enterprise Plus RHEV DataCenter Commercial Edition
OtherVirtual SAN No (vSphere Storage
Appliance) - feeRed Hat Storage - fee Storage Spaces -
included with Server 2012no
OtherApplicationManagement
VMware vFabricApplication Performance
Manager - Fee
No SC OperationsManager - included with
SC 2012
EdgeSight, Director(XenDesktop 7 - fee)
Security vCloud Networking and
SecuritysVirt & Security
PartnershipsMS Forefront (fee) +
MS EcosystemNetScaler Gateway,
App Firewall, CloudBridge
OtherWorkflow /Orchestration
Orchestrator (incl..) CloudForms Automate(ManageIQ)
SC Orchestrator, SCService Mgr - included
with SC 2012
Workflow Studio
OtherSite Failover Site Recovery Manager
- feePlugin framework Hyper-V Replica
(included) + 3rd partyIntegrated SiteRecovery (incl.)
Chargeback vCenter Chargeback
Manager - feeCloudForms Insight
(ManageIQ)Hyper-V ResourceMetering and ServiceManager (included)
CloudPortal BusinessManager, CloudStack
Usage Server (fee)
NetworkExtensions
yes (IBM 5000v andCisco Nexus 1000v) - fee
RoCE, LB - fee Hyper-V ExtensibleSwitch - 3rd party
Extensions (Nexus 1000VQ2/13)
NetScaler Gateway,AppFirewall, Branch
Repeater, 1000v,CloudBridge
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