Tag Archives: RHEV

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization: Pentium II Inside!

While VMware ESX exposes the latest performance-enhancing CPU instructions to virtual machines, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) takes a more conservative approach — downgrading all CPUs to masquerade as an old Pentium II. Continue reading

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Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization HA [ha ha]

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization has an HA feature — Red Hat advertises it as equivalent to VMware HA. Take a look at the numerous deficiencies in that product that will have you laughing all the way to the datacenter – HA [ha ha]. Continue reading

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RHEV Manager — It’s not just a clever name

The Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager is a single point of failure and the only management interface for RHEV Hypervisors. Oh, and it only runs on a physical Windows box. Continue reading

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux is not Enterprise Virtualization

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization users may opt for a full installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux as a hypervisor host. Besides adding extra cost, RHEL KVM packages and management tools are incompatible with RHEV and must be replaced. Continue reading

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What is Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization?

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization is a new competitor to VMware vSphere. After almost half a year on the market, is anyone using it? Continue reading

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