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Back Print Company Name: Contact Name: Project Reference: Date: 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) in matrix 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 Virtualization Matrix - Agnostic Vendor Comparison - VMware, Citrix,... http://www.virtualizationmatrix.com/print_new.php 1 of 7 10/7/2013 12:24 PM

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Page 1: Virtualization Comparision 2013

BackPrint

Company Name:

Contact Name:

Project Reference:

Date:

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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