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Virtualization Matrix - Agnostic Vendor Comparison - VMware, Citrix, Microsoft
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3/19/2015 Virtualization Matrix - Agnostic Vendor Comparison - VMware, Citrix, Microsoft
http://www.virtualizationmatrix.com/print_new.php?color=Y&prioritize=Y&comment=N&free_based=1&sr_category=General%7E 1/11
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
3/19/2015 Virtualization Matrix - Agnostic Vendor Comparison - VMware, Citrix, Microsoft
http://www.virtualizationmatrix.com/print_new.php?color=Y&prioritize=Y&comment=N&free_based=1&sr_category=General%7E 11/11
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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