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We performed a comparison between Hyper-V and Odin Virtuozzo Containers based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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"I like that Hyper-V is like a virtual environment. I like to use VMware because of the resource requirements. In Sri Lanka, most of the customers use the Hyper-V GUI. When installing the interface with the Windows version, we also install the Hyper-V feature on the server. This is because they require more features and memory. There are so many features that they have embedded in Hyper-V that are useful.""The solution is highly stable.""Hyper-V helps to make a replica server between two machines. It is very easy to learn.""The installation was straightforward.""It is actually very low on resources. It doesn't use many resources. It is also very easy to tailor. You can change things like the amount of memory and storage on the fly. It is very stable and reliable. I like its replication feature, which is very good. It is also very easy to move the virtual machines across push servers without any difficulty. Its performance is also very good. Now with this pandemic, a lot of workers are working from home. A lot of workers have been using laptops as their desktop computers, and they would remote into a virtual PC. There is no difficulty, and they can't tell the difference between this and the real one. It is much easier to manage.""I like the functionality.""It is a great advantage for any company that is using a Microsoft Windows server.""With each update, the security of this solution just gets better and better. It is very stable."

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"When you run templates on the containers on Virtuozzo they have a lot of back-ups."

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"The operating system is very, very heavy.""They can hot add NICs to the VMs. However, there is still not the ability to hot add virtual processors to running VMs.""The management interface is in need of the biggest improvement.""Hyper-V systems need a lot of admin effort because security updates and monthly updates require rebooting after the update.""In general, based on my little experience with Hyper-V, I see a lot of obstacles. I think it falls behind the other competitors.""It's not completely stable because your stack becomes bloated.""They could work on lowering the cost of the solution.""When one server or one virtual machine fails, or one is turned off, the virtualization stops, and we have to initiate again with human intervention."

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"Odin Virtuozzo has poor support and needs to improve."

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  • "It's cheap, but not the best."
  • "Once we bought the datacenter version of the server, we did away with worrying about the cost of licensing our VMs separately"
  • "It comes with all the features and goodies inside the box, so you do not have to purchase anything else."
  • "We did not have to pay extra money for the Failover Clustering feature."
  • "We chose this solution because of the pricing and the simplicity of the product."
  • "I do not have any comments about pricing or licensing of the product."
  • "Microsoft recently tacked on a higher price for their software to use the storage migration in the Storage Spaces Direct array. That was just terrible."
  • "The pricing isn't too bad, because you can do the bare metal hypervisor, and it is pretty fair. Other competitors are more expensive."
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  • "The license for Odin Virtuozzo is based on consumption on demand."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:KVM is better. But let's just look at the software instead of judging Hyper-V was a free solution from Microsoft to virtualize Server or Client OS as it is a feature on Windows Server since 2008 and… more »
    Top Answer:One of the best things about Proxmox VE is that it is open-source and very inexpensive. You get all of the same features as with the more well-known products. Proxmox VE is very easy to deploy - it… more »
    Top Answer:The initial setup is not difficult at all. It is very easy.
    Top Answer:When you run templates on the containers on Virtuozzo they have a lot of back-ups.
    Top Answer:The license for Odin Virtuozzo is based on consumption and demand. The pricing will be determined by your usage. The charge is based on RAM for the service you consume and how much storage you use… more »
    Top Answer:Odin Virtuozzo has poor support and needs to improve. They are located in Russia and do not provide good service. I would also like to see more local language support. Most of the team does not speak… more »
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    Overview

    Hyper-V is a hardware virtualization tool that allows users to create virtual computer environments with multiple operating systems on a single physical server. Each virtual machine has computer parts, such as memory, processor, storage, and networking, and acts like a standard computer - running its own operating system and software programs. Each component of the virtual machine can be configured to meet your specific requirements.

    Hyper-V creates a cost-effective, stable, and productive server virtualization environment by running multiple operating systems, such as Windows, Linux, and more, in parallel on one machine or server. Each virtual machine runs in its own isolated space, which means you can run many virtual machines simultaneously but independently of each other. This helps prevent problems such as a crash affecting the other workloads and enables different users to separately access various systems.

    Benefits of Hyper-V

    • Simplify application testing: With Hyper-V you can easily add and remove operating systems from your virtual machines, enabling you to run and test your applications on each of them all from one single computer.

    • Minimize resource usage and scalability: Virtual machines are easier to manage than physical hardware and less expensive. You can also maximize your server use by allocating its resources more efficiently than you can with physical hardware alone.

    Hyper-V key features:.

    • Replication and migration: Hyper-V can replicate virtual machines for backups onto different sites. Hyper-V also provides a migration tool for moving a virtual machine from one Hyper-V host to another without causing any downtime.

    • Remote connection: Hyper-V’s remote connectivity tool allows administrators to remotely access a virtual machine.

    • Security: Hyper-V keeps virtual machines secure from malware attacks, unauthorized access, and data breaching attempts.

     Reviews from Real Users

    Hyper-V stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Several major ones are its flexibility, its replication capabilities, and the fact that its virtual machines utilize a small amount of resources..

    Liam L., the owner of a tech services company, writes, “It is actually very low on resources. It doesn't use many resources. It is also very easy to tailor. You can change things like the amount of memory and storage on the fly. It is very stable and reliable. I like its replication feature, which is very good. It is also very easy to move the virtual machines across push servers without any difficulty. Its performance is also very good. Now with this pandemic, a lot of workers are working from home. A lot of workers have been using laptops as their desktop computers, and they would remote into a virtual PC. There is no difficulty, and they can't tell the difference between this and the real one. It is much easier to manage.”

    Kevin E. an IT director at Homeland Technology Group, LLC, notes, “We've probably seen a 50 percent speed increase on our SQL server. Hyper-V has also significantly reduced our downtimes with faster boot-up and reboot. If we have to reboot a server, there is maybe two or three minutes of downtime. When we were on a bare-metal server, it could be five to ten minutes due to the total boot time.”

    Parallels Virtuozzo Containers creates isolated containers on a single physical server and OS instance.
    Sample Customers
    Large customer base from all industries, all over the world. Two major Hyper-V customers are Telefonica and EmpireCLS.
    OzHosting.com, Triple C, ServerNest, Vastspace, Conetix
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    Financial Services Firm14%
    Computer Software Company10%
    Outsourcing Company8%
    Energy/Utilities Company8%
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    Educational Organization30%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Comms Service Provider7%
    Government7%
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    Small Business47%
    Midsize Enterprise24%
    Large Enterprise28%
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    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise37%
    Large Enterprise42%
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    Hyper-V is ranked 3rd in Server Virtualization Software with 134 reviews while Odin Virtuozzo Containers is ranked 12th in Server Virtualization Software with 2 reviews. Hyper-V is rated 8.0, while Odin Virtuozzo Containers is rated 6.0. The top reviewer of Hyper-V writes "It's a low-cost solution that enabled us to shrink everything down into a single server ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Odin Virtuozzo Containers writes "Significant backup for containers, but the customer service is terrible". Hyper-V is most compared with VMware vSphere, VMware Workstation, Proxmox VE and KVM, whereas Odin Virtuozzo Containers is most compared with Proxmox VE, Nutanix AHV Virtualization, KVM and VMware vSphere.

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