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ReportSummary
TheMatrixScorereflectstherelativestrengthoftheevaluatedproductshigher=better

MatrixScores
226

176
170

150
131
114

113

57

0
vSphere 5.5

YourCustomMatrixScores
BaselineMatrixScores1

RHEV 3.5

HyperV 2012R2 XenServer 6.5

176

131

176

131

150
150

114
114

TotalProductsEvaluated

ofwhichSpecifiedas

MatrixFeaturestotalnumberoffeatures(lines)

114

"MustHave"

CustomFeaturescustomlinesadded

"NicetoHave"

114

TotalEvaluatedFeatures

114

"Irrelevant/Excluded"

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

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DetailedMatrixScores

The"MatrixScorebycategory"viewallowsyoutoidentifyareasofstrengthorweakness
(bold=leadership).

CustomMatrixScorebyCategory
Category

vSphere5.5

RHEV3.5

HyperV2012R2

XenServer6.5

Total

176

131

150

114

General

Management

42

34

37

18

VMMobilityandHA

23

16

21

15

Hypervisor

32

28

27

21

NetworkandStorage

47

36

43

26

Cloud(Extensions)

VDI(Extensions)

26

11

18

27

ExtensionsOther

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

FeaturePrioritiesbyCategory
Category

FeaturesEvaluated

Musthave

Nicetohave

Irrelevant/Excluded

General

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)

0%

100%

0%

VDI(Extensions)

16

0%

100%

0%

ExtensionsOther

0%

100%

0%

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Usethesechartstovisualizestrengthsandweaknessespayparticularattentiontonumberof"musthave"featuresthataresupported/unsupported.

Strenghts:NumberofSupported(Green)FeaturesbyProduct
92

Weaknesses:NumberofUnsupported(Red)FeaturesbyProduct
62

84

69

47

64
52
44

46

31
24
16

23

16
8
0

vSphere 5.5

RHEV 3.5

0
HyperV 2012R2

XenServer 6.5

vSphere 5.5

0
RHEV 3.5

0
HyperV 2012R2

Musthave
Nicetohave

0
XenServer 6.5

Musthave
Nicetohave

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

IdentifyShowstoppers

Thissectionlistsyourpotential"ShowStoppers"foreachproducti.e.featuresthatyouspecifiedas"MustHave"butareunsupported(red).
Carefullyreviewanyproductsandfeaturesthatarelistedhere.
Noshowstopperslisted?Select"customreport"duringtheinitialwizardandreprioritizefeatures
MatrixContent(Appendix)

General
Version
Edition

vSphere5.5

RHEV3.5

HyperV2012R2

XenServer6.5

EnterprisePlus
withOM

RHEV

DataCenter

CommercialEdition

EvaluationPanel

Content
ContentCreator

TheVIRTUALISTSin
collaborationwith
VirtualizationMatrix

TheVIRTUALISTS/
VirtualizationMatrix
(Thanksto:SeanCohen,
YanivDary,RaissaTona,
LarryW.Bailey)

VirtualizationMatrix

TheVIRTUALISTSin
collaborationwith
VirtualizationMatrix
(ThankstoEnzoRaso
Citrix)

Assessment
Overview

vSphere5.5U2
RHEV3.5ClickHere
EnterprisePluswith
ForDetails
OperationsManagement
ClickHereForOverview

WS2012R2+SC2012
R2(DC)ClickHereFor
Overview

XenServer6.5is
availableinStandard
EditionandEnterprise
Edition

Maturity

ReleaseDates:vSphere
RHEV3.5releasedin
ReleaseDates
6.5Releasedate
5.5U2:Sep9th2014
Feb2015(RHEV3.4
WS2012R2,SC2012R2: January2015,6.2Release
(ESX:2001/2002,ESXi: June2014,RHEV3.3
Oct2013,WS2012:Sep
Date:June2013(Xen
Dec2007)moreindetails January2014,RHEV3.2 2012,SC2012Apr2012 2003,CitrixXenServer
June2013,RHEV3.1
SP1Jan2013(initial
2007,5.6SP2March2011,
Dec2012,RHEV2
HyperV:Jun08,
v6:Sep2011,
SCVMM

MarketPosition

Leader(Position1)

Oneofthe7playersin
GartnerMagicQuadrant
2014Clickherefordetails

Leader'Quadrant
(behindVMware)

Niche''Quadrant
(behindVMwareandMS)

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

Datacenter:$6,1554for
(upto)2sockets(28%
increase)

OpenSource(free)or
twocommercialeditions,
pricingtobeannouncedat
GA:Annual:$500/socket,
Perpetual:$1250/socket

Pricing
Virtualization($)

OMEnt+(5.5):
$4,245/socket+S&S1Y:
$891(B)or$1061(Prod)

Management($)

$4995(Std)+$1049(B)
Yes(includedinRHEV
SystemCenter2012R2
or$1249(P),$1,495(Fnd) hypervisorsubscription)
Datacenter:$3,607or

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Free(XenCenter)

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+$545(B)or$645(P)

Standard$1,323per
managedendpoint(upto2
CPU)

Bundle/Kit
Pricing($)

SeeAKwithOM
EnterprisePlus

GuestOS
Licensing

No

Yes,combinedRHEL
andRHEVoffering26%
savings

ECI(20%discount)

No

yesunlimitedOSEs
(WindowsServervms)

No

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

Management
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Version
Edition

EvaluationPanel
vSphere5.5

RHEV3.5

HyperV2012R2

XenServer6.5

EnterprisePlus
withOM

RHEV

DataCenter

CommercialEdition

General
Central
Management

Yes(vCenterServer
Standard+enhancedWeb
Client),enhancedvCSA,
newSSO

Yes(RHEVM)

Yes(SystemCenter
2012R2/VMM)

Yes(XenCenter),
SCVMM(seedetails)

Virtualand
Physical

Limited(plugins)

Thirdpartyplugin
framework

RBAC/AD
Integration

Yes(vCenterandESXi
hosts),enhancedSSO

Yes(ADandIPA)

Yes(CompleteSC
mgmt,FabricUpdates,
StorageManagement)

No

Yes(SCVMM)

Yes(hosts/XenCenter)

CrossVendor
Mgmt

Limited(FreeAddOn):
No(native)Yes(with
MultiHypervisorManager
VendorAddOn:
1.1Yes(withVendor
CloudForms)
AddOn:vCloud
AutomationCenter)

Improved(VMware&
CitrixVirtualization)

No(native)Yes
(VendorAddOn:
CloudPlatform)

BrowserBased
Mgmt

YesEnhancedWeb
Yes(RHEVM,Power
Client(withenhancedSSO
UserPortal)
andBDE)

Limited(SSPs)

No(WebSelfService:
retired)

Yes(SCOperations
Manager)

No

Adv.Operation
Management

vCenterOperations
ManagementSuite
Standard

Yes(extended
functionalitywith
CloudFormsFeeBased
AddOn)

$
UpdatesandBackup
Hypervisor
Upgrades

Yes(UpdateManager)

Yes

VMPatching

Limited(Update
Manager)

Yes(RedHatNetwork)

Yes

Yes(vStorageAPI
DataProtection)

Yes(ClusterAware
TheXenCenterreleased
Updates,FabricUpdates withXenServer6.5allows
ManagementServers
updatestobeappliedtoall
NEW)
versionsofXenServer
(commercialandfree)

Yes(WSUS,SCCM,
VMST)

No

YesIncludingRAM

Yes(Checkpoint)incl.
liveexportNEW

yes

BackupAPI

Yes(VSSAPI)

Limited

LiveVM
Snapshot

Backup
IntegrationAPI

Integrated
Backup

Yes(vSphereData
Protection)Replicationof
backupdata,granular
backupandscheduling
New!

No

Yes(WSB&DPM
incl.LinuxVMsNEW),
AzureBackup(NewFee
BasedOffering)

No(Retired)

Deployment
AutomatedHost
Deployments

YesAutoDeploy

No(native)Yes(with
Yes(baremetalthrough
VendorAddOn:Satellite VMM),incl.ScaleOutFile
$ ServerClusterNEW

VMTemplates

Yes

Yes,CloudInitand
GlancesupportNEW

Yes(vApp/OVF)

No(native)Yes(with
VendorAddOn:
CloudFormsDeployables)

No

Yes(nowincl.'Gen2'
templates)

Yes

TieredVM
Templates

Yes(Service
Templates),guestcluster
supportNEW

vApp

HostProfiles

Yes(HostProfiles)
No(native)Yes(with
Yes(physicalcomputer
enhancedforAutoDeploy VendorAddOn:Satellite)
profiles)

No

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StorageProfiles

Yes(ProfileDriven
Storage)

No

Yes(Storage
Classificationsincl.
filesharesNEW)

No

ResourcePools

Yes

Yes(Quota,Devices
SLA,CPUShares)

Yes(HostGroups)

No

P2V

Standaloneonly
(Converter)

V2V,P2V&Partners

No(use'downlevel
'VMMversions)

Other

No(XenConvert:
retired),V2V:yes

SelfService
Portal

No(native)Yes(with
VendorAddOn:vCloud
Suite)

UserPortal

Yes(VMMconsole,
AppController,Service
Manager/CSPP,Azure
PackNEW)

No(WebSelfService:
retiredinXS6.2)

Yes(SCOrchestrator,
SCServiceMgr)

Yes(WorkflowStudio)

Orchestration/
Workflows

Yes(vCenter
Orchestrator)

No(native)Yes(with
VendorAddOn:
CloudForms)

Security

Free:ESXiFirewall,
vShieldEndpoint
Advanced(withVendor
AddOn:NSX/vCloud
NetworkingandSecurity)

SELinux,iptables,
WindowsSecurity,
Basic(NetScalerFee
VLANs,PortMirroring HyperVExtensibleSwitch
BasedAddOn)
(DNSSEC,PVLANs,port
ACLs,BitLockeretc.)

Systems
Management

SNMPv3+CIM,
esxcli,vMA

Agentbased(RHEL),
CIM,SNMP

Yes(WMI+
PowerShell)

Yes(API/SDKs,
CIM)

VMMobilityand
HA
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Version
Edition

vSphere5.5

RHEV3.5

HyperV2012R2

XenServer6.5

EnterprisePlus
withOM

RHEV

DataCenter

CommercialEdition

VMMobility
LiveMigrationof
VMs

YesvMotion,Metro
vMotionand'shared
nothing'vMotion(48
concurrent)

Yes(LiveMigration
Yes('Unlimited'
unlimitedconcurrent
Concurrent,'Shared
migrations,3bydefault) Nothing'newcompression
&SMB3options)

YesXenMotion(1)

Yes(EVC)

Yes(exceptwithCPU
passthrough)

Yes(Processor
Compatibility)

Yes(Heterogeneous
Pools)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Migration
Compatibility

Maintenance
Mode

AutomatedLive
Migration

Yes(DRS)CPU,
Yes(LB)Builtin
Mem,Storage(newaffinity (CPU)andSchedulerfor
rules,migratereplicatedvm
'custom'
NEW)

YesDynamic
Optimization(CPU,mem,
diskI/O,NetI/O)

YesWorkload
Balancing

Power
Management

Yes(DPM),Enhanced
HostPowerManagement
(CStates)

Yes(PowerSaving)

YesPower
Optimization

YesWorkload
Balancing

Storage
Migration

Yes(LiveStorage
vMotion)including
replicatedvm(NEW)

Yes

Yes(Liveand'Shared
Nothing')

Yes(Storage
XenMotion)

200hosts/cluster

64nodes/8000vims

16hosts/resourcepool

HA/DR
ClusterSize

max32host/4000vm
percluster

IntegratedHA
(Restartvm)

Yes(VMwareHA)
newaffinityrules
improvedMicrosoft
FailoverClusteringNew

Yes(HA)

Yes(NICand
unmanagedStoragefailure
detectionNEW)

Yes

AutomaticVM
Reset

Yes(VMwareHA)

Yes(HA,WatchDog)

Yes(Heartbeat)

No

VMLockstep
Protection

Yes(FaultTolerance)

No

No

No

Yes

No

Application/Service
HA

AppHA(NEW!)

No(native)Yes(with
VendorAddOn:Satellite

Replication/Site
Failover

Limited(native):
No(native)Yes(with
HyperVReplica
IntegratedDisaster
vSphereReplicationnew VendorAddOn:Symantec (extendedreplicationand Recovery(nostoragearray
UI,multiPIT,Storage
StorageFoundationFee
replicationfrequency
control)
VMotion&vSAN
BasedAddOn)
NEW)

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compatible(NEW!)Yes
(withVendorAddOn:

Hypervisor
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Version
Edition

EvaluationPanel
vSphere5.5

RHEV3.5

HyperV2012R2

XenServer6.5

EnterprisePlus
withOM

RHEV

DataCenter

CommercialEdition

HyperV'3'

XenServer6.5:Xen4.4
based

Nolimitstated

1024vims/host,2048
vCPUs/host

500vm(Win)or650
(Linux)perhost

General
Hypervisor
Details/Size

VirtualHardware
KVMwithRHEVH
'version10',VMwareESXi orRHELdetailshere
5.5:Build1331820,
vCenterServer5.5:Build
1312298,vCenterServer
Appliance5.5:

HostConfig
512vm,4096vCPU,
Max
max32vCPU/core
ConsolidationRatio

MaxCPUHost

320(Logical)

160(logical)

320LogicalCPUs

160(logical)

MaxCoresper
CPU

unlimited

unlimited

unlimited

unlimited

MaxMemory
Host

6TB(Newwith
Update2)

4TB

4TB

1TB

MaxvCPUper
VM

64

160vCPUperVM

upto64vCPU(Win)/
64vCPU(Linux)

16(Win)/32(Linux)

MaxRAMper
VM

1TB

4TB

1TB

192GB

SerialPorts

Yesmax4(incl.vSPC)

No(serialconsolevia
hookspossible)

yes(namedpipe)

No

disksandmemory
(dynamic)only

Yes(disk,NIC)

VMConfig

HotAdd/Plug

Yes(CPU,Mem,Disk,
Yes(disk,NIC,CPU)
NIC),PCIeSSDNEW!

Memory
Dynamic/Over
Commit

Yes(Memory
Ballooning)

Yes(virtio),Mem
Balloonoptimizationand
errormessages

YesDynamic
Memory(Linuxguest
supportnew)

Yes(DMC)

MemoryPage
Sharing

Yes(TransparentPage
Sharing)

Yes(KSM)

No

No

HWMemory
Translation

Yes

Yes

Yes(SLAT)

Yes

OVFSupport

Yes

Yes

Yes(OVF
Import/Export)

HW
Compatibility

VeryComprehensive
(seelink)

Comprehensive

StrongWindows
Ecosystem

Improving

GuestOSSupport

VeryComprehensive
(seelink)

Limited

Closingthegap

Good

Interoperability
Yes,incl.vApp

Scripting/APIs

WebServices
API/SDK,CIM,Perl,
.NET,JavaSDKs,Client
PlugInAPI,vSphereClip,
vMA

RESTAPI,Python
CLI,Hooks,SDK

Yes(WMIAPI,
PowerShell4NEW)

RESTAPI

ServiceProvider
FoundationAPI,Azure
ServiceManagementAPI

Yes(SDK,API,
PowerShell)

CloudAPI

vCloudAPI

CloudStackAPIs,
supportforAWSAPI

Networkand
Storage
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Version
Edition

vSphere5.5

RHEV3.5

HyperV2012R2

XenServer6.5

EnterprisePlus
withOM

RHEV

DataCenter

CommercialEdition

Storage
Supported
Storage

DAS,NFS,FC,iSCSI,
DAS,iSCSI,NFS
SMB3,virtualFC,
FCoE(HW&SW),'Endto (v4),FC,FCoE,SAS,
SAS,SATA,iSCSI,FC,
End'supportfor16GbFC,
POSIXVirtioSCSI,
FCoEsharedvhdxNEW
FlashReadCacheNEW GlusterFSsupport,online
vDiskresize

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DAS,SAS,iSCSI,
NAS,FC,FCoE

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SANMultipath

Yes(enhancedAPD
andPDL)PDL
AutoRemoveNEW

Yes(FC,iSCSI)

Yes(DSMandSMB
Multichannel)

Yes(limitedforSAS)

SharedFile
System

Yes(VMFSv5)

SPMandsupportfor
sharedFSmanualSPM
roleassigment

Yes(CSV)enanced
compatibilityandresilience
NEW

Yes(SR)

BootFromSAN

Yes(FC,iSCSI,FCoE
andSWFCoENEW)

Yes

Yes(iSCSI,diskless,
FC)

Yes(iSCSI,FC)

No(HyperVServer
only)

No

BootfromUSB

Yes

Yes

VirtualDisk
Format

vmdk,rawdisk(RDM)

RAW,Qcow2

MaxDiskSize

62TBforvmdk,RDM
andsnapshots

.vhdx(incl.sharingand
onlineresizingNEW),
vhd,passthrough(raw)

vhd,rawdisk(LUN)

64TB(vhdx),2TB
(vhd),256TB+(raw)

2TB

Defaultmaxvirtualdisk
sizeis8TB(butit's
configurableinRHEVDB)

ThinDisk
Provisioning

Yes(incl.SESparse
Disk)

Yes

Yes(DynamicDisks,
Trimnew)

Yes(Limitationson
block)

Yes(RDMonly)

Yes(viaHooks)

Yes(VirtualFibre
Channel)

No

Yes

Yes(Differencing
Disk)

NPIVSupport

LinkedImages

No(native)Yes(with
VendorAddOn:vCloud
Suite)

YesCloneonboot
(new),clone,PVS,MCS

SWStorage
Replication

YesvSphere
No(native)Yes(with
Yes(HyperVReplica),
Replication(withmultiple VendorAddOn:RedHat 'extendedreplication'and
enhancementsNEW)
Storage)
replicationfrequency
NEW
$

No

Caching

Yes(vSphereFlash
ReadCache)NEW!View
StorageAccelerator(VDI
only)

VirtualSAN

No(native)Yes(with
VendorAddOn:Virtual
SAN)

FSCache

CSVCacheWrite
BackCacheNEW

IntelliCacheand
memoryreadcache

No(native)Yes(with
Improved(Storage
VendorAddOn:RedHat Spaces)TieredStorage,
Storage)
WriteBackCacheNEW

No

Storage
Integration(API)

Yes(VASA,VAAI
andVAMP)

Thirdpartyplugin
frameworke.g.NetApp
VirtualConsole

SMIS/SMP,ODX,
Trim

IntegratedStorageLink
(deprecated)

Yes(Quota,Storage
I/OSLA)

StorageQoSNEW

Basic

StorageQoS

Yes(SIOC)incl.NFS

Advanced
NetworkSwitch

Yes(VDS),Various
NeutronIntegration
Yes(HyperVVirtual
Yes(OpenvSwitch)
Improvements(forLACP, (TechPreview)+various
Switch)ExtendedPort distributedvSwitchisnow
DSCPforQoS,filtering newenhancementsclick ACLs,vRSS,DLBNEW
deprecated
etc.)NEW
fordetails

NICTeaming

Yes(upto32NICs),
improvedLACPNEW

Networking

Yes

Yes(LBFO)Dynamic
LoadBalancingNEW

Yes(incl.LACP
New)

VLAN

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes(limitedformgmt.
traffic)

PVLAN

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes(guestsonly)

Yes(withhooks)

YesSRIOV(incl.
LiveMigration)

SRIOV

IPv6

Yes(enhanced
performanceNEW)

I/OPassThrough

Yes(SRIOVand
VMDirectPath),newSR
IOVworkflow

Guestsfully,
hypervisorspartially

JumboFrames

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

OffloadSupport

Yes(TSO,NetQueue,
iSCSI)

TOE

Yes(DVMQ,Ipsec
Offload,SRIOV)

Yes(TSO)

NetworkQOS

Yes(NetIOC),DSCP
NEW

Yes(vNICProfile)

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Yes(maxandmin
bandwidth)SMBtraffic
typesNEW

Yes(outgoing)

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Traffic
Monitoring

yes(PortMirroring)

Yes(PortMirroring)
togglethroughvNIC
profile

Yes(portmirroring)
enhancedtracingNEW

Yes(PortMirroring)

Cloud(Extensions)
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Version
Edition

vSphere5.5

RHEV3.5

HyperV2012R2

XenServer6.5

EnterprisePlus
withOM

RHEV

DataCenter

CommercialEdition

RHCI:CloudForms,
OpenStack,RHEV
OpenShift(FeeBased
AddOns)

CloudOS:System
Center,HyperV,Azure

CloudPlatform

HyperV2012R2+
SystemCenter2012R2
(CISSuiteDatacenter)

CloudPlatform(fee)

Cloud
Overview

vCloudSuite(private),
vCloudHybridService
(hybrid/public),Pivotal
Spinoff

PrivateCloud

vCloudSuite(Fee
VendorAddOn:RHCI
BasedOffering),includes
vCD(ServiceProviders),
vCAC(Enterprise
Customers)

PublicCloud

vCloudHybridService
VendorAddOns:
WindowsAzure(PaaS,
(VMwareoperated)
CloudAccess(RHEL,
IaaS,BigData,Media,
vCloudDatacenter
MGRGrid,JBoss,Storage Storage,Backup,Web&
Services,vCloudPowered Server,OpenShiftPaaS) MediaApps)FeeBased
Services(Service
throughRedHatCertified
Offerings
Providers)(AllFeeBa
CloudProviders
$

CloudPlatform(fee)

HybridCloud

vCloudConnector
VendorAddOn:
(Core)(vCloudConnector CloudForms(OpenStack
Advanced,vCACFee
andAWSNEW)
BasedAddOns)
$

AppController
WindowsAzurePack,
VPNGatewaysNEW

CloudBridgeand
NetScaler(fee)

SecureMulti
Tenancy(IaaS)

YesvCD,vCloud
Selinux,cgroups,
Yes(HyperV
VLANs,OVS
NetworkingandSecurity/ OpenStackcomputeand ExtensibleSwitch,Hyper
(included)Security
VMwareNSX(AllFee networkVendorAddOn: VNetworkVirtualization) Groups,customnetworks
BasedAddOns)
CloudFormsRHEV
included
(fee)
NeutronTechPreview
$
NEW

NSXoptimizedfor
VendorAddOn:RHCI
Network
(RedHatOpenStack
Virtualization/SDN vSphere,NSXformulti
hypervisorenvironment
Networkingaspartof
Overview
(expectedQ4/13asFee
BasedOffering)

RHCI),RHEVNeutron
TechPreviewNEW

HyperVNetwork
SDNController+SDN
Virtualization(IPAddress Plugins(CloudPlatform
Rewrite,GRE)included
fee)
inServer2012
$

Overlay
Protocols

GRE,STTand
VendorAddOn:GRE
VXLAN(NSXformulti
withRHCIOpenStack
HV)VXLANonly(NSX
$
forvSphere)

NVGRE

GRE

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Edition
Desktop
Virtualization

Overview

EvaluationPanel
vSphere5.5

RHEV3.5

HyperV2012R2

XenServer6.5

EnterprisePlus
withOM

RHEV

DataCenter

CommercialEdition

VMwareHorizonSuite
(FeebasedAddOn)
Horizon6Announced!

VDIIncludedin
RHEVHTML5support
(TechPreview)

RemoteDesktop
Services(includedin
Server2012R2)

CitrixDesktop
Virtualization(XenDesktop
&XenApp7.6NEW
ViaBassociatedproducts)

MarketPosition

Leader(Position2)

Contender

MajorPlayer

Leader(P1)Vendor
AddOn:XenDesktop

Scalability

10kperPODClick
forDetails

notvalidated

Management
VendorAddOn:
Limitations(~500users), XenDesktop:High(100k+
powershell:thousands
users)ViaB:'thousandsof
Architecturally:High
users',8+hosts

Complexity

Medium

Low

Low/medium

VendorAddOn:
XenDesktopMedium/High
(XD)Low(ViaB)

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DisplayProtocols

PCoIP,RDP6/7

SPICE,VNC,RDP
(defaultforWindows
8)

RemoteFX/RDP
6,7,8.x

VendorAddOn:
XenDesktopXD:ICA/
HDX,RemoteFX/RDP6,7
ViaB:ICA/HDX,RDP
6,7(noRemoteFX)

VDI(VMs)

HorizonView5.3
(FeeBasedOffering)

VDIinRHEV
RDS(pooled,
VendorAddOn:
(included)SPICEHTML5
personal)improved
XenDesktopXenDesktop
TechPreview
bandwidth,DirectX11.1,
7.6ViaB(VDIonly)
SessionShadowing,Online FeeBasedAddOns)
Dedupeetc.NEW
$

HostedShared
(Sessions)

Verylimited(TSin
W2k8andW2k8R2)

No

Yes(RDSRemoteApp
andDesktopSessions)
ImprovedRemoteApp
behavior,bandwidth,
SessionShadowingetc
NEW

VendorAddOn:
XenDesktopXenApp7.6

Graphics
Capability

PhysicalGPU
SPICE(2D),SPICE
(virtualized)NEW,virtual HTML5(TechPreview)
GPU

RemoteFX(WAN,
VendorAddOn:
AdaptiveGraphics,USB
XenDesktopHDX,
Redirection,Media
HDX3DPro,sharedGPU
Remoting,vGPU),
(OpenGL,DirectX)
DirectX11.1NEW
$

SoftwareGPU

YesVMware
SVGA3D(Soft3D):
DirectX9.0c+OpenGL
2.1

No

Yes(SoftGPU)

VendorAddOn:
XenDesktopDirectX
SoftwareRasterizerfor
XD7.x+OpenGL
AcceleratorforViaB,XD
andXA

SharedGPU

YesvSGA(Virtual
Shared):DirectX9.0c+
OpenGL2.1

No

YesRemoteFX
VendorAddOn:
vGPU:DirectX11.1for
XenDesktopYesXD
VDIonly!(nosupportfor
(7.1+):vGPUwith
recentOpenGLversions) NVIDIAGridK1/K2with
CUDA,DirectX9,10,11,
OpenGL4.3XenApp:
OpenGLG

DedicatedGPU

YesvDGA(Virtual
Dedicated):DirectX+
OpenGL=nativeGPU
capability

No

No

VendorAddOn:
XenDesktopYes(except
ViaB)HDX3DPro:
DirectXandOpenGL=
nativeGPUcapability

Endpoint
Platforms

verycomprehensive:
Windows,iOS,Android,
MACOSX,Linux

Yes

Improved:Windows
iOS,MacOS&Android
ClientNEW

VendorAddOn:
XenDesktopvery
comprehensiveWindows,
iOS,Android,MACOS
X,Linuxetc.

Storage
Optimization

HostCache/CBRC
(VSANFeeBasedAdd
On)

No

SMB3OnlineDedupe,
VendorAddOn:
Tiering,WriteBackCache XenDesktopIntelliCache
NEW
(incl.withXenServer)

UserPortal/App
Store

HorizonWorkspace
(FeeBasedAddOn)

Yes(PowerUser
Portal)incl.withRHEV

RDSWebAccess

VendorAddOns:
XenDesktop,
CloudGateway,StoreFront

Persona&
Layering

PersonaMgmt+
HorizonMirage(incl.App
Layers)(FeebasedAdd
On)

No(Possiblevia
ProfileUnity)

UserProfileDisk
(included)andUEV
(MDOPFee)

VendorAddOn:
XenDesktoppersonal
vDisk,CitrixProfileMgmt.

DaaS

HorizonDaaS(incl.
GoogleChromebook
support)(FeebasedAdd
On)

No

No(MohoroProject)

VendorAddOn:
XenDesktopXenDesktop
7.5CloudDeployment

ExtensionsOther
(BacktoTop)
Version
Edition

EvaluationPanel
vSphere5.5

RHEV3.5

HyperV2012R2

XenServer6.5

EnterprisePlus

RHEV

DataCenter

CommercialEdition

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Other
VirtualSAN

vSANNEW!(Fee
BasedAddOn)

VendorAddOn:Red
HatStorage

Improved(Storage
Spaces)TieredStorage,
WriteBackCacheNEW
Included

no

Other
Application
Management

VMwarevFabric
Hyperic(FeeBasedAdd
On)

3rdParty

Yes(SCOperations
Manager2012R2)
Included

VendorAddOn:
XenDesktopEdgeSight,
Director

Security

vCloudNetworking
andSecurity/NSX(Fee
BasedAddOns)

sVirt&Security
Partnerships

MSForefront(Fee
BasedAddOn)

VendorAddOns:
NetScalerGateway,App
Firewall,CloudBridge

Other
Workflow/
Orchestration

Orchestrator(incl.)

VendorAddOn:
CloudForms

Yes(SCOrchestrator/
WorkflowStudio(incl.)
SCServiceMgr2012R2),
Included

Other
SiteFailover

SiteRecoveryManager
(FeeBasedAddOn)

PluginSymantec
HyperVReplica
StorageFoundation(Fee (included)or3rdpartyFee
BasedAddOn)
BasedAddOns

IntegratedSite
Recovery(incl.)

Chargeback

vCenterChargeback
Manager(FeeBased
AddOn

VendorAddOn:
CloudForms

HyperVResource
MeteringandService
Manager(included)

VendorAddOn:
CloudPortalBusiness
Manager,CloudStack
UsageServer(FeeBased
AddOn's)

Network
Extensions

yes(IBM5000vand
CiscoNexus1000v)
(FeeBasedAddOn)

VendorAddOns:Load
Balancer,High
Performance

HyperVExtensible
Switch3rdparty
Extensions(Nexus1000V
FeeBasedAddOn)

NetScalerGateway,
AppFirewall,Branch
Repeater,1000v,
CloudBridge(FeeBased
AddOn's)

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