Tag Archives: RHEV

vSphere Smokes Competitors in InfoWorld Shoot-Out

Latest InfoWorld comparison of all major virtualization platforms puts VMware vSphere on top! Continue reading

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RHEV Wrap-Up

The RHEV series on VCritical wraps up for now, as the Red Hat marketing machine tones down the misleading rhetoric on their unproven virtualization product. Continue reading

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These are not the files you are looking for

Red Hat claims that RHEV virtual disks are stored as common files. In reality, they are obfuscated beyond recognition thanks to LVM volumes. Continue reading

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Multiple hypervisors? What about multiple SANs?

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization does not allow administrators to diversify storage technologies in a data center — all hosts in a data center must choose between NFS, iSCSI, or Fibre Channel. Continue reading

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Idle RHEV Hypervisors save power?

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization tries to save power by consolidating VMs onto fewer hosts. Unlike VMware DPM, hosts remain powered on — still consuming significant datacenter energy. Only vSphere safely powers off unneeded hosts during off-peak periods. Continue reading

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