Red Hat Virtualization is used to run virtual servers and desktops on shared hardware, helping teams isolate workloads and create development, testing, and production environments. It can also help teams allocate resources to virtual machines based on workload needs.

What company sizes and industries is Red Hat Virtualization the best fit for?

Red Hat Virtualization has users across enterprise, mid-market, and small-business organizations, with the strongest industry clusters in IT services, computer software, and internet-related businesses.

Enterprise: Teams with more than 1,000 employees.
Mid-market: Organizations with 51–1,000 employees.
Small business: Organizations with 50 or fewer employees.
IT services: Teams supporting information technology and services.
Computer software: Organizations working in software.
Internet: Organizations in internet-related industries.

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Felix V.

Technical Support Representative

Computer Networking

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

Originally submitted 11/29/2022

"Excellent for server virtualization up to the basic and smoother"

5/5

What do you like best about Red Hat Virtualization?

Most the easy compatibility with any server and the versatility of the environment Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Red Hat Virtualization?

is one of the hardest certifications to obtain, but it is the most useful Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vital C.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/8/2024

"The Virtualization"

5/5

What do you like best about Red Hat Virtualization?

We trying RH Virtualization such alternative to ESXi. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Red Hat Virtualization?

It's a little bit more hard to administer them ESXi. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

James D.

Software engineer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/15/2021

"Virtual system"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Red Hat Virtualization?

Execute high performance applications and software, connection with server and PC system for testing, quantity control of main system resources and test control. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Red Hat Virtualization?

Orient system for specific applications, connect networks with different versions of GNU. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Red Hat Virtualization:

Perform high performance tests with virtual system, configure what you need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Red Hat Virtualization solving and how is that benefiting you?

Stability tests with virtual system and connect extra services of RedHat, connect external systems for high performance tests. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ron G.

Infrastructure Architect/Capacity Planner

Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/2/2016

"As an Enterprise Architect, I deal with the virtualization capabilities of Red Hat on a daily basis."

4/5

What do you like best about Red Hat Virtualization?

Red Hat allows for an easy, standardized image to be quickly applied into our cloud environment; typically in less than an hour. This allows us to provide prompt delivery of approved, architected solutions for our user community. The users can get their applications up and running in a day versus several weeks using a standard process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Red Hat Virtualization?

Sometimes, more specialized needs are cumbersome to implement into a cloud environment, often requiring multiple phases, which slows down the delivery SLA for the user community. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Red Hat Virtualization:

Get the Red Hat virtualization, your customers and users will be thrilled by the delivery responsiveness. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Red Hat Virtualization solving and how is that benefiting you?

The Red Hat virtualization allows us to quickly implement and adjust environments for our users so that they can implement their development, testing and production environment with the minimum delay. This speedy turn-around makes for 'happier' customers and improved delivery of mission critical applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Duane B.

Independent Contractor

Computer Software

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4/12/2016

"We use Red Hat Desktop Virtualization to manage both our servers and desktops"

5/5

What do you like best about Red Hat Virtualization?

We use Red Hat Desktop Virtualization in an environment where we need to access both servers and desktops from a single workstation. This product allows us configure the amount of resources the virtual server or desktop receives based on the needs of those using the server/workstation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Red Hat Virtualization?

The configuration can be a little daunting for those new to running virtual servers, but once my team and I got a little practice of setting up the servers we became quite proficient at the creation and deployment of the servers/workstations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Red Hat Virtualization:

I highly recommend this product if you need to dynamically manage the resources available to virtual servers and workstations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Red Hat Virtualization solving and how is that benefiting you?

We run multiple servers off of the same hardware, but need to keep the actual servers from interfering with each other. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

John B.

Non Executive Director

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/31/2016

"Secure, enterprise support and extremely reliable"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Red Hat Virtualization?

It is as solid as a rock, installation is quick and the OS is secure Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Red Hat Virtualization?

Relatively high cost to purchase and maintain

It is not easy to integrate in a Windows AD domain environment, kerberos configuration is pretty tricky Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Flavio S.

Cyber Security

Government Administration

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

Originally submitted 2/4/2016

"A complete virtualization solution"

4.5/5

Srinivas G.

Senior Software Developer at Dell

Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/30/2015

"Exciting but lacks respect"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Red Hat Virtualization?

Ease of use

Troubleshooting is a lot easier given you have some experience with Linux.

Customization is easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Red Hat Virtualization?

You need someone with Linux experience to use this.

Constant comparison with VMWare products/features.

Rate at which features and product is getting matured. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Red Hat Virtualization:

It gets most of your virtualization related work done. If you have some experience on Linux then supporting/hosting the software is easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Red Hat Virtualization solving and how is that benefiting you?

I help solve customer problems. Most of the times at least in India, customer interest on RHEV is for dev,/test environment.

Unless RedHat finds better way to market its product its difficult for folks like me to make a customer believe in the product..

Some of the popular requests have been around.

Security, Connectivity, HA and DR. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Software Engineer

Semiconductors

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

12/8/2015

"easy, fast, open, and cost-effective Desktop Virtualization"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Red Hat Virtualization?

It is very simple to migrate [virtual machines] from other hypervisor platforms into REV.

In addition to the desktop virtualization, REV 2.2 introduces a number of other new features. Chief among them is the ability to import virtual machines from platforms, such as those offered by VMware, Citrix and Microsoft. To this end, REV uses the Open Virtualization Format (OVF), an open standard for virtual machine images. This is also the first release to include the V2V virtual machine conversion software, which can convert VMware or Xen virtual machines created within Red Hat Enterprise Linux into KVM virtual machines.

REV also includes a data warehouse for monitoring the performance and usage of virtual machines, the data from which can be piped into most other SQL-based business intelligence tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Red Hat Virtualization?

Security and performance is a challenge for this product. the interface could be more friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Automotive

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

Originally submitted 1/12/2016

"Simple & Effective Virtualization"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Red Hat Virtualization?

Red Hat Desktop Virtualization is simple compared to other platforms. I really like that the program is completely open source. This product is affordable and powerful - the ideal solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Red Hat Virtualization?

There is nothing that I dislike about the Red Hat Desktop Virtualization program. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.