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Back Print Company Name Universidad del Quindío Contact Name Centro de Sistemas y Nuevas Project Reference Virtualización Date 19 de marzo de 2015 Evaluation Report For: Identify "Showstoppers" Include Matrix Table Your Custom Matrix Scores 176 112 131 114 Baseline Matrix Scores 1 176 112 131 114 Total Products Evaluated 4 Matrix Features total number of features (lines) 114 Custom Features custom lines added 0 Total Evaluated Features 114 of which Specified as "Must Have" 0 "Nice to Have" 114 "Irrelevant/Excluded" 0 Custom Evaluation Report Report Summary The Matrix Score reflects the relative strength of the evaluated products; higher = better Matrix Scores vSphere 5.5 VERDE 7.1 RHEV 3.5 XenServer 6.5 0 57 113 170 226 114 131 112 176

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    BackPrint

    CompanyNameUniversidaddelQuindoContactNameCentrodeSistemasyNuevasTecnologasProjectReferenceVirtualizacin

    Date 19demarzode2015

    EvaluationReportFor:

    Identify"Showstoppers"IncludeMatrixTable

    YourCustomMatrixScores 176 112 131 114

    BaselineMatrixScores1 176 112 131 114

    TotalProductsEvaluated 4

    MatrixFeaturestotalnumberoffeatures(lines) 114

    CustomFeaturescustomlinesadded 0

    TotalEvaluatedFeatures 114

    ofwhichSpecifiedas

    "MustHave" 0

    "NicetoHave" 114

    "Irrelevant/Excluded" 0

    CustomEvaluationReport

    ReportSummary

    TheMatrixScorereflectstherelativestrengthoftheevaluatedproductshigher=better

    MatrixScores

    vSphere5.5 VERDE7.1 RHEV3.5 XenServer6.50

    57

    113

    170

    226

    114131

    112

    176

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    CustomMatrixScorebyCategory

    Category vSphere5.5 VERDE7.1 RHEV3.5 XenServer6.5

    Total 176 112 131 114

    General 6 9 6 7

    Management 42 26 34 18

    VMMobilityandHA 23 6 16 15

    Hypervisor 32 23 28 21

    NetworkandStorage 47 28 36 26

    Cloud(Extensions) 0 0 0 0

    VDI(Extensions) 26 20 11 27

    ExtensionsOther 0 0 0 0

    FeaturePrioritiesbyCategory

    Category FeaturesEvaluated Musthave Nicetohave Irrelevant/Excluded

    General 8 0% 100% 0%

    Management 22 0% 100% 0%

    VMMobilityandHA 12 0% 100% 0%

    Hypervisor 17 0% 100% 0%

    NetworkandStorage 25 0% 100% 0%

    Cloud(Extensions) 7 0% 100% 0%

    VDI(Extensions) 16 0% 100% 0%

    ExtensionsOther 7 0% 100% 0%

    1Thebaselinescoreisalwayscalculatedfromthedefaultmatrixevaluationsofeachproduct.Thecustomscorereflectsthescoreadjustedtoyourrequirements.(canonlybedifferentwhenselecting"customreport"duringtheinitialwizard)

    DetailedMatrixScores

    The"MatrixScorebycategory"viewallowsyoutoidentifyareasofstrengthorweakness(bold=leadership).

    Use"FeaturePrioritiesbyCategory"todetermine/validateyourfocusareas(highpercentageof"musthave"=important)

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    MusthaveNicetohave

    Strenghts:NumberofSupported(Green)FeaturesbyProduct

    MusthaveNicetohave

    Weaknesses:NumberofUnsupported(Red)FeaturesbyProduct

    GeneralEvaluationPanelVersion vSphere5.5 VERDE7.1 RHEV3.5 XenServer6.5

    Edition EnterprisePluswithOM

    VERDE RHEV CommercialEdition

    ContentContentCreator TheVIRTUALISTSin

    collaborationwithVirtualizationMatrix

    VENDORSubmitted(VirtualBridges,BradSanford)Clickherefordetailsanddisclaimer.

    TheVIRTUALISTS/VirtualizationMatrix

    (Thanksto:SeanCohen,YanivDary,RaissaTona,

    LarryW.Bailey)

    TheVIRTUALISTSincollaborationwith

    VirtualizationMatrix(ThankstoEnzoRaso

    Citrix)

    nicetohave

    AssessmentOverview vSphere5.5U2

    EnterprisePluswithVERDE7.1IncludesVERDOS,LEAFOSand

    RHEV3.5ClickHereForDetails

    XenServer6.5isavailableinStandard

    nicetohave

    IdentifyStrengthsandWeaknesses

    Usethesechartstovisualizestrengthsandweaknessespayparticularattentiontonumberof"musthave"featuresthataresupported/unsupported.

    Bydefaultallfeaturesareclassifiedas"nicetohave".Youcanonlyreprioritizetheimportanceoffeatureswhenselecting"CustomReport"duringtheinitialwizard".For"Strength":Higher=BetterFor"Weaknesses":Higher=Worse

    IdentifyShowstoppers

    Thissectionlistsyourpotential"ShowStoppers"foreachproducti.e.featuresthatyouspecifiedas"MustHave"butareunsupported(red).Carefullyreviewanyproductsandfeaturesthatarelistedhere.

    Noshowstopperslisted?Select"customreport"duringtheinitialwizardandreprioritizefeatures

    MatrixContent(Appendix)

    vSphere5.5 VERDE7.1 RHEV3.5 XenServer6.50

    23

    46

    69

    92

    vSphere5.5 VERDE7.1 RHEV3.5 XenServer6.50

    16

    33

    49

    66

    0000

    44

    5254

    84

    0000

    24

    16

    31

    2

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    OperationsManagementClickHereForOverview

    Clienttools EditionandEnterpriseEdition

    Maturity ReleaseDates:vSphere

    5.5U2:Sep9th2014(ESX:2001/2002,ESXi:

    Dec2007)moreindetails

    Matureandstabletechnoloy.LatestversionofVERDEpublishedinOct2013,Firstversion

    published2007

    RHEV3.5releasedinFeb2015(RHEV3.4June2014,RHEV3.3

    January2014,RHEV3.2June2013,RHEV3.1Dec2012,RHEV2

    6.5ReleasedateJanuary2015,6.2ReleaseDate:June2013(Xen2003,CitrixXenServer

    2007,5.6SP2March2011,v6:Sep2011,

    nicetohave

    MarketPosition Leader(Position1) 2014MajorPlayer

    (IDCMarketScape)Oneofthe7playersinGartnerMagicQuadrant2014Clickherefor

    details

    Niche''Quadrant(behindVMwareandMS)

    nicetohave

    PricingVirtualization($) OMEnt+(5.5):

    $4,245/socket+S&S1Y:$891(B)or$1061(Prod)

    Variesbasedonnumberofusers.Startsat$200per

    user.

    RHEV3.5Premium:$1,499/socketpair/yearRHEV3.5Standard:$999/socketpair/year(IncludesDesktop

    VirtualizationFeatures)

    OpenSource(free)ortwocommercialeditions,pricingtobeannouncedatGA:Annual:$500/socket,Perpetual:$1250/socket

    nicetohave

    Management($) $4995(Std)+$1049(B)

    or$1249(P),$1,495(Fnd)+$545(B)or$645(P)

    IncludedinVERDEcost

    Yes(includedinRHEVhypervisorsubscription)

    Free(XenCenter)nicetohave

    Bundle/KitPricing($)

    SeeAKwithOMEnterprisePlus

    Yes Yes,combinedRHELandRHEVoffering26%

    savings

    Nonicetohave

    GuestOSLicensing

    No No RHEV:No(RHEL:1/4/unlimited)

    Nonicetohave

    Management(BacktoTop) EvaluationPanel

    Version vSphere5.5 VERDE7.1 RHEV3.5 XenServer6.5Edition EnterprisePlus

    withOMVERDE RHEV CommercialEdition

    GeneralCentralManagement

    Yes(vCenterServerStandard+enhancedWebClient),enhancedvCSA,

    newSSO

    VERDEManagementConsole

    Yes(RHEVM) Yes(XenCenter),SCVMM(seedetails)

    nicetohave

    Virtualand

    PhysicalLimited(plugins) No Thirdpartyplugin

    frameworkNo

    nicetohave

    RBAC/ADIntegration

    Yes(vCenterandESXihosts),enhancedSSO

    Yes Yes(ADandIPA) Yes(hosts/XenCenter)nicetohave

    CrossVendor

    MgmtLimited(FreeAddOn):MultiHypervisorManager1.1Yes(withVendorAddOn:vCloudAutomationCenter)

    $

    No,VERDEcontrolsthewholestack.

    No(native)Yes(withVendorAddOn:CloudForms)

    $

    No(native)Yes(VendorAddOn:CloudPlatform)

    $

    nicetohave

    BrowserBased

    MgmtYesEnhancedWeb

    Client(withenhancedSSOandBDE)

    Yes Yes(RHEVM,PowerUserPortal)

    No(WebSelfService:retired)

    nicetohave

    Adv.Operation

    ManagementvCenterOperations

    ManagementSuiteStandard

    Yes Yes(extendedfunctionalitywith

    CloudFormsFeeBasedAddOn)

    $

    Nonicetohave

    UpdatesandBackupHypervisor

    UpgradesYes(UpdateManager) No Yes TheXenCenter

    releasedwithXenServer6.5allowsupdatestobeappliedtoallversionsof

    XenServer(commercialandfree)

    nicetohave

    VMPatching Limited(Update

    Manager)Yes Yes(RedHat

    Network)

    $

    Nonicetohave

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    LiveVMSnapshot Yes No YesIncludingRAM yes

    nicetohave

    Backup

    IntegrationAPIYes(vStorageAPI

    DataProtection)N/A BackupAPI Limited

    nicetohave

    IntegratedBackup Yes(vSphereData

    Protection)Replicationofbackupdata,granular

    backupandschedulingNew!

    Yes No No(Retired)nicetohave

    DeploymentAutomatedHost

    DeploymentsYesAutoDeploy Yes No(native)Yes(with

    VendorAddOn:Satellite

    $

    Nonicetohave

    VMTemplates Yes Yes Yes,CloudInitand

    GlancesupportNEWYes

    nicetohave

    TieredVMTemplates

    Yes(vApp/OVF) No No(native)Yes(withVendorAddOn:

    CloudFormsDeployables)

    $

    vAppnicetohave

    HostProfiles Yes(HostProfiles)

    enhancedforAutoDeployYes No(native)Yes(with

    VendorAddOn:Satellite)

    $

    Nonicetohave

    StorageProfiles Yes(ProfileDriven

    Storage)No No No

    nicetohave

    OtherResourcePools Yes Yes Yes(Quota,Devices

    SLA,CPUShares)No

    nicetohave

    P2V Standaloneonly

    (Converter)No V2V,P2V&Partners No(XenConvert:

    retired),V2V:yes

    nicetohave

    SelfService

    PortalNo(native)Yes(withVendorAddOn:vCloud

    Suite)

    $

    No UserPortal No(WebSelfService:retiredinXS6.2)

    nicetohave

    Orchestration/

    WorkflowsYes(vCenterOrchestrator)

    Yes No(native)Yes(withVendorAddOn:CloudForms)

    $

    Yes(WorkflowStudio)nicetohave

    Security Free:ESXiFirewall,

    vShieldEndpointAdvanced(withVendorAddOn:NSX/vCloudNetworkingandSecurity)

    $

    Yes SELinux,iptables,VLANs,PortMirroring

    Basic(NetScalerFeeBasedAddOn)

    nicetohave

    SystemsManagement

    SNMPv3+CIM,esxcli,vMA

    Yes Agentbased(RHEL),CIM,SNMP

    Yes(API/SDKs,CIM)

    nicetohave

    VMMobilityandHA

    (BacktoTop)EvaluationPanel

    Version vSphere5.5 VERDE7.1 RHEV3.5 XenServer6.5Edition EnterprisePlus

    withOMVERDE RHEV CommercialEdition

    VMMobilityLiveMigrationof

    VMsYesvMotion,MetrovMotionand'sharednothing'vMotion(48

    concurrent)

    No Yes(LiveMigrationunlimitedconcurrent

    migrations,3bydefault)

    YesXenMotion(1)nicetohave

    MigrationCompatibility

    Yes(EVC) No Yes(exceptwithCPUpassthrough)

    Yes(HeterogeneousPools)

    nicetohave

    MaintenanceMode Yes No Yes Yes

    nicetohave

    AutomatedLive

    MigrationYes(DRS)CPU,Mem,Storage(newaffinityrules,migrate

    No Yes(LB)Builtin(CPU)andSchedulerfor

    'custom'

    YesWorkloadBalancing

    nicetohave

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    replicatedvmNEW)

    Power

    ManagementYes(DPM),EnhancedHostPowerManagement

    (CStates)

    No Yes(PowerSaving) YesWorkloadBalancing

    nicetohave

    StorageMigration Yes(LiveStorage

    vMotion)includingreplicatedvm(NEW)

    No Yes Yes(StorageXenMotion)

    nicetohave

    HA/DRClusterSize max32host/4000vm

    percluster10,000Servers 200hosts/cluster 16hosts/resource

    pool

    nicetohave

    IntegratedHA

    (Restartvm)Yes(VMwareHA)

    newaffinityrulesimprovedMicrosoft

    FailoverClusteringNew

    Yes Yes(HA) Yesnicetohave

    AutomaticVM

    ResetYes(VMwareHA) No Yes(HA,WatchDog) No

    nicetohave

    VMLockstep

    ProtectionYes(FaultTolerance) No No No

    nicetohave

    Application/Service

    HA

    AppHA(NEW!) No No(native)Yes(withVendorAddOn:Satellite

    Nonicetohave

    Replication/Site

    FailoverLimited(native):

    vSphereReplicationnewUI,multiPIT,StorageVMotion&vSAN

    compatible(NEW!)Yes(withVendorAddOn:

    $

    Yes No(native)Yes(withVendorAddOn:SymantecStorageFoundationFee

    BasedAddOn)

    IntegratedDisasterRecovery(nostoragearray

    control)

    nicetohave

    Hypervisor(BacktoTop) EvaluationPanel

    Version vSphere5.5 VERDE7.1 RHEV3.5 XenServer6.5Edition EnterprisePlus

    withOMVERDE RHEV CommercialEdition

    GeneralHypervisorDetails/Size

    VirtualHardware'version10',VMwareESXi

    5.5:Build1331820,vCenterServer5.5:Build1312298,vCenterServer

    Appliance5.5:

    KVM KVMwithRHEVHorRHELdetailshere

    XenServer6.5:Xen4.4based

    nicetohave

    HostConfigMaxConsolidation

    Ratio512vm,4096vCPU,

    max32vCPU/coreVaries Nolimitstated 500vm(Win)or650

    (Linux)perhost

    nicetohave

    MaxCPUHost 320(Logical) 160(Logical) 160(logical) 160(logical)

    nicetohave

    MaxCoresper

    CPUunlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited

    nicetohave

    MaxMemory

    Host6TB(Newwith

    Update2)3TB 4TB 1TB

    nicetohave

    VMConfigMaxvCPUperVM 64 16 160vCPUperVM 16(Win)/32(Linux)

    nicetohave

    MaxRAMperVM 1TB 64GB 4TB 192GB

    nicetohave

    SerialPorts Yesmax4(incl.vSPC) Yes No(serialconsolevia

    hookspossible)No

    nicetohave

    HotAdd/Plug Yes(CPU,Mem,Disk,

    NIC),PCIeSSDNEW!No Yes(disk,NIC,CPU) Yes(disk,NIC)

    nicetohave

    MemoryDynamic/Over

    CommitYes(Memory

    Ballooning)No Yes(virtio),Mem

    Balloonoptimizationanderrormessages

    Yes(DMC)nicetohave

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    MemoryPage

    SharingYes(TransparentPage

    Sharing)Yes Yes(KSM) No

    nicetohave

    HWMemoryTranslation

    Yes No Yes Yesnicetohave

    InteroperabilityOVFSupport Yes No Yes Yes,incl.vApp

    nicetohave

    HWCompatibility VeryComprehensive

    (seelink)VeryComprehensive Comprehensive Improving

    nicetohave

    GuestOSSupport VeryComprehensive

    (seelink)VeryComprehensive Limited Good

    nicetohave

    Scripting/APIs WebServices

    API/SDK,CIM,Perl,.NET,JavaSDKs,ClientPlugInAPI,vSphereClip,

    vMA

    Yes RESTAPI,PythonCLI,Hooks,SDK

    Yes(SDK,API,PowerShell)

    nicetohave

    CloudAPI vCloudAPI Yes RESTAPI CloudStackAPIs,

    supportforAWSAPI

    nicetohave

    NetworkandStorage(BacktoTop)

    EvaluationPanel

    Version vSphere5.5 VERDE7.1 RHEV3.5 XenServer6.5Edition EnterprisePlus

    withOMVERDE RHEV CommercialEdition

    StorageSupportedStorage DAS,NFS,FC,iSCSI,

    FCoE(HW&SW),'EndtoEnd'supportfor16GbFC,FlashReadCacheNEW

    DAS,NAS,iSCSI,CFS DAS,iSCSI,NFS(v4),FC,FCoE,SAS,POSIXVirtioSCSI,GlusterFSsupport,onlinevDisk

    resize

    DAS,SAS,iSCSI,NAS,FC,FCoE

    nicetohave

    SANMultipath Yes(enhancedAPD

    andPDL)PDLAutoRemoveNEW

    N/A Yes(FC,iSCSI) Yes(limitedforSAS)nicetohave

    SharedFile

    SystemYes(VMFSv5) Yes SPMandsupportfor

    sharedFSmanualSPMroleassigment

    Yes(SR)nicetohave

    BootFromSAN Yes(FC,iSCSI,FCoE

    andSWFCoENEW)Yes Yes Yes(iSCSI,FC)

    nicetohave

    BootfromUSB Yes No Yes No

    nicetohave

    VirtualDisk

    Formatvmdk,rawdisk(RDM) KVM(QCOW2,

    GOW3)RAW,Qcow2 vhd,rawdisk(LUN)

    nicetohave

    MaxDiskSize 62TBforvmdk,RDM

    andsnapshots256GBperuserand

    256GBperVMDefaultmaxvirtualdisksizeis8TB(butit'sconfigurableinRHEVDB)

    2TBnicetohave

    ThinDiskProvisioning

    Yes(incl.SESparseDisk)

    Yes Yes Yes(Limitationsonblock)

    nicetohave

    NPIVSupport Yes(RDMonly) N/A Yes(viaHooks) No

    nicetohave

    LinkedImages No(native)Yes(with

    VendorAddOn:vCloudSuite)

    $

    N/A Yes YesCloneonboot(new),clone,PVS,MCS

    nicetohave

    SWStorageReplication

    YesvSphereReplication(withmultipleenhancementsNEW)

    Yes No(native)Yes(withVendorAddOn:RedHat

    Storage)

    $

    Nonicetohave

    Caching Yes(vSphereFlash

    ReadCache)NEW!ViewStorageAccelerator(VDI

    only)

    Yes FSCache IntelliCacheandmemoryreadcache

    nicetohave

    VirtualSAN No(native)Yes(with

    VendorAddOn:VirtualSAN)

    No No(native)Yes(withVendorAddOn:RedHat

    Storage)

    Nonicetohave

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    $ $

    StorageIntegration(API)

    Yes(VASA,VAAIandVAMP)

    N/A Thirdpartypluginframeworke.g.NetApp

    VirtualConsole

    IntegratedStorageLink(deprecated)

    nicetohave

    StorageQoS Yes(SIOC)incl.NFS N/A Yes(Quota,Storage

    I/OSLA)Basic

    nicetohave

    NetworkingAdvancedNetwork

    SwitchYes(VDS),Various

    Improvements(forLACP,DSCPforQoS,filtering

    etc.)NEW

    No NeutronIntegration(TechPreview)+variousnewenhancementsclick

    fordetails

    Yes(OpenvSwitch)distributedvSwitchisnow

    deprecated

    nicetohave

    NICTeaming Yes(upto32NICs),

    improvedLACPNEWYes Yes Yes(incl.LACP

    New)

    nicetohave

    VLAN Yes Yes Yes Yes(limitedformgmt.

    traffic)

    nicetohave

    PVLAN Yes No No No

    nicetohave

    IPv6 Yes(enhanced

    performanceNEW)No Guestsfully,

    hypervisorspartiallyYes(guestsonly)

    nicetohave

    I/OPassThrough Yes(SRIOVand

    VMDirectPath),newSRIOVworkflow

    Yes Yes(withhooks) SRIOVnicetohave

    JumboFrames Yes Yes Yes Yes

    nicetohave

    OffloadSupport Yes(TSO,NetQueue,

    iSCSI)No TOE Yes(TSO)

    nicetohave

    NetworkQOS Yes(NetIOC),DSCP

    NEWYes Yes(vNICProfile) Yes(outgoing)

    nicetohave

    TrafficMonitoring

    yes(PortMirroring) Yes Yes(PortMirroring)togglethroughvNIC

    profile

    Yes(PortMirroring)nicetohave

    Cloud(Extensions)(BacktoTop)

    EvaluationPanel

    Version vSphere5.5 VERDE7.1 RHEV3.5 XenServer6.5Edition EnterprisePlus

    withOMVERDE RHEV CommercialEdition

    CloudOverview vCloudSuite(private),

    vCloudHybridService(hybrid/public),Pivotal

    Spinoff

    N/A RHCI:CloudForms,OpenStack,RHEV

    OpenShift(FeeBasedAddOns)

    CloudPlatform

    $

    nicetohave

    PrivateCloud vCloudSuite(Fee

    BasedOffering),includesvCD(ServiceProviders),

    vCAC(EnterpriseCustomers)

    N/A VendorAddOn:RHCI

    $CloudPlatform(fee)

    $

    nicetohave

    PublicCloud vCloudHybridService

    (VMwareoperated)vCloudDatacenter

    Services,vCloudPoweredServices(Service

    Providers)(AllFeeBa

    N/A VendorAddOns:CloudAccess(RHEL,

    MGRGrid,JBoss,StorageServer,OpenShiftPaaS)throughRedHatCertified

    CloudProviders

    $

    CloudPlatform(fee)

    $

    nicetohave

    HybridCloud vCloudConnector

    (Core)(vCloudConnectorAdvanced,vCACFee

    BasedAddOns)

    N/A VendorAddOn:CloudForms(OpenStack

    andAWSNEW)

    $

    CloudBridgeandNetScaler(fee)

    $

    nicetohave

    SecureMulti YesvCD,vCloud N/A Selinux,cgroups, VLANs,OVS

    nicetohave

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    Tenancy(IaaS) NetworkingandSecurity/VMwareNSX(AllFee

    BasedAddOns)

    OpenStackcomputeandnetworkVendorAddOn:

    CloudFormsRHEVNeutronTechPreview

    NEW

    $

    (included)SecurityGroups,customnetworks

    (fee)

    $

    Network

    Virtualization/SDNOverview

    NSXoptimizedforvSphere,NSXformultihypervisorenvironment(expectedQ4/13asFee

    BasedOffering)

    N/A VendorAddOn:RHCI(RedHatOpenStackNetworkingaspartofRHCI),RHEVNeutronTechPreviewNEW

    $

    SDNController+SDNPlugins(CloudPlatform

    fee)

    $

    nicetohave

    OverlayProtocols GRE,STTand

    VXLAN(NSXformultiHV)VXLANonly(NSX

    forvSphere)

    N/A VendorAddOn:GREwithRHCIOpenStack

    $

    GRE

    $

    nicetohave

    VDI(Extensions)(BacktoTop) EvaluationPanel

    Version vSphere5.5 VERDE7.1 RHEV3.5 XenServer6.5Edition EnterprisePlus

    withOMVERDE RHEV CommercialEdition

    DesktopVirtualization Overview VMwareHorizonSuite

    (FeebasedAddOn)Horizon6Announced!

    $

    VERDE7.1IncludesVERDOS,LEAFOSand

    Clienttools

    VDIIncludedinRHEVHTML5support

    (TechPreview)

    CitrixDesktopVirtualization

    (XenDesktop&XenApp7.6NEWViaB

    associatedproducts)

    $

    nicetohave

    MarketPosition Leader(Position2)

    $MajorPlayer(IDC

    MarketScape)Contender Leader(P1)Vendor

    AddOn:XenDesktop

    $

    nicetohave

    Scalability 10kperPODClick

    forDetails

    $

    Yes notvalidated VendorAddOn:XenDesktop:High(100k+users)ViaB:'thousandsof

    users',8+hosts

    $

    nicetohave

    Complexity Medium

    $Low Low VendorAddOn:

    XenDesktopMedium/High(XD)Low(ViaB)

    $

    nicetohave

    DisplayProtocols PCoIP,RDP6/7

    $RDP6/7/8,SPICE,NX SPICE,VNC,RDP

    (defaultforWindows8)VendorAddOn:

    XenDesktopXD:ICA/HDX,RemoteFX/RDP6,7ViaB:ICA/HDX,RDP

    6,7(noRemoteFX)

    $

    nicetohave

    VDI(VMs) HorizonView5.3

    (FeeBasedOffering)

    $

    VERDEOSTreatMicrosoftandLinuxsessionsequally

    VDIinRHEV(included)SPICEHTML5

    TechPreview

    VendorAddOn:XenDesktopXenDesktop7.6ViaB(VDIonly)FeeBasedAddOns)

    $

    nicetohave

    HostedShared

    (Sessions)Verylimited(TSinW2k8andW2k8R2)

    $

    VeryLimited No VendorAddOn:XenDesktopXenApp7.6

    $

    nicetohave

    GraphicsCapability

    PhysicalGPU(virtualized)NEW,

    virtualGPU

    $

    Limited SPICE(2D),SPICEHTML5(TechPreview)

    VendorAddOn:XenDesktopHDX,

    HDX3DPro,sharedGPU(OpenGL,DirectX)

    $

    nicetohave

    SoftwareGPU YesVMware

    SVGA3D(Soft3D):DirectX9.0c+OpenGL

    2.1

    $

    No No VendorAddOn:XenDesktopDirectXSoftwareRasterizerfor

    XD7.x+OpenGLAcceleratorforViaB,XD

    andXA

    nicetohave

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    $

    SharedGPU YesvSGA(VirtualShared):DirectX9.0c+

    OpenGL2.1

    $

    No No VendorAddOn:XenDesktopYesXD(7.1+):vGPUwith

    NVIDIAGridK1/K2withCUDA,DirectX9,10,11,OpenGL4.3XenApp:

    OpenGLG

    $

    nicetohave

    DedicatedGPU YesvDGA(Virtual

    Dedicated):DirectX+OpenGL=nativeGPU

    capability

    $

    No No VendorAddOn:XenDesktopYes(exceptViaB)HDX3DPro:

    DirectXandOpenGL=nativeGPUcapability

    $

    nicetohave

    EndpointPlatforms

    verycomprehensive:Windows,iOS,Android,

    MACOSX,Linux

    $

    verycomprehensive:Windows,iOS,Android,

    MACOSX,Linux

    Yes VendorAddOn:XenDesktopvery

    comprehensiveWindows,iOS,Android,MACOSX,

    Linuxetc.

    $

    nicetohave

    StorageOptimization

    HostCache/CBRC(VSANFeeBasedAdd

    On)

    $

    StorageOptimizer&CacheI/O(includedwith

    VERDE)

    No VendorAddOn:XenDesktopIntelliCache(incl.withXenServer)

    $

    nicetohave

    UserPortal/App

    StoreHorizonWorkspace(FeeBasedAddOn)

    $

    No Yes(PowerUserPortal)incl.withRHEV

    VendorAddOns:XenDesktop,

    CloudGateway,StoreFront

    $

    nicetohave

    Persona&

    LayeringPersonaMgmt+

    HorizonMirage(incl.AppLayers)(FeebasedAdd

    On)

    $

    VERDEVirtualApplicationLayers

    No(PossibleviaProfileUnity)

    VendorAddOn:XenDesktoppersonalvDisk,CitrixProfile

    Mgmt.

    $

    nicetohave

    DaaS HorizonDaaS(incl.

    GoogleChromebooksupport)(Feebased

    AddOn)

    $

    Yes No VendorAddOn:XenDesktopXenDesktop7.5CloudDeployment

    $

    nicetohave

    ExtensionsOther(BacktoTop) EvaluationPanel

    Version vSphere5.5 VERDE7.1 RHEV3.5 XenServer6.5Edition EnterprisePlus

    withOMVERDE RHEV CommercialEdition

    OtherVirtualSAN vSANNEW!(Fee

    BasedAddOn)

    $

    N/A VendorAddOn:RedHatStorage

    $

    nonicetohave

    OtherApplicationManagement

    VMwarevFabricHyperic(FeeBasedAdd

    On)

    $

    N/A 3rdParty VendorAddOn:XenDesktopEdgeSight,

    Director

    $

    nicetohave

    Security vCloudNetworking

    andSecurity/NSX(FeeBasedAddOns)

    $

    N/A sVirt&SecurityPartnerships

    VendorAddOns:NetScalerGateway,AppFirewall,CloudBridge

    $

    nicetohave

    OtherWorkflow/Orchestration

    Orchestrator(incl.) N/A VendorAddOn:CloudForms

    $

    WorkflowStudio(incl.)nicetohave

    OtherSiteFailover SiteRecoveryManager

    (FeeBasedAddOn)

    $

    N/A PluginSymantecStorageFoundation(Fee

    BasedAddOn)

    IntegratedSiteRecovery(incl.)

    nicetohave

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    Chargeback vCenterChargeback

    Manager(FeeBasedAddOn

    $

    Yes VendorAddOn:CloudForms

    $

    VendorAddOn:CloudPortalBusinessManager,CloudStack

    UsageServer(FeeBasedAddOn's)

    $

    nicetohave

    NetworkExtensions

    yes(IBM5000vandCiscoNexus1000v)(Fee

    BasedAddOn)

    $

    N/A VendorAddOns:LoadBalancer,HighPerformance

    $

    NetScalerGateway,AppFirewall,BranchRepeater,1000v,

    CloudBridge(FeeBasedAddOn's)

    $

    nicetohave

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