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IncludeMatrixTable

Date 19demarzode2015

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ContactName
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ProjectReference
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ReportSummary
TheMatrixScorereflectstherelativestrengthoftheevaluatedproductshigher=better

MatrixScores
226

176
170
131
114

112

113

57

0
vSphere5.5

VERDE7.1

RHEV3.5

XenServer6.5

YourCustomMatrixScores

176

112

131

114

BaselineMatrixScores1

176

112

131

114

TotalProductsEvaluated

ofwhichSpecifiedas

MatrixFeaturestotalnumberoffeatures(lines)

114

"MustHave"

CustomFeaturescustomlinesadded

"NicetoHave"

114

TotalEvaluatedFeatures

114

"Irrelevant/Excluded"

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

DetailedMatrixScores

The"MatrixScorebycategory"viewallowsyoutoidentifyareasofstrengthorweakness
(bold=leadership).

CustomMatrixScorebyCategory
Category

vSphere5.5

VERDE7.1

RHEV3.5

XenServer6.5

Total

176

112

131

114

General

Management

42

26

34

18

VMMobilityandHA

23

16

15

Hypervisor

32

23

28

21

NetworkandStorage

47

28

36

26

Cloud(Extensions)

VDI(Extensions)

26

20

11

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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IdentifyStrengthsandWeaknesses
Usethesechartstovisualizestrengthsandweaknessespayparticularattentiontonumberof"musthave"featuresthataresupported/unsupported.

Strenghts:NumberofSupported(Green)FeaturesbyProduct
92

Weaknesses:NumberofUnsupported(Red)FeaturesbyProduct
66

84

69

49
54

52
44

46

31

33

24

23

16

16

vSphere5.5

VERDE7.1

RHEV3.5

XenServer6.5

vSphere5.5

0
VERDE7.1

RHEV3.5

XenServer6.5

Musthave
Nicetohave

Musthave
Nicetohave

Bydefaultallfeaturesareclassifiedas"nicetohave".Youcanonlyreprioritizetheimportanceoffeatureswhenselecting"CustomReport"duringtheinitialwizard".
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

VERDE7.1

RHEV3.5

XenServer6.5

EnterprisePlus
withOM

VERDE

RHEV

CommercialEdition

Content

EvaluationPanel

nicetohave
ContentCreator

TheVIRTUALISTSin
collaborationwith
VirtualizationM atrix

VENDORSubmitted
(VirtualBridges,Brad
Sanford)Clickherefor
detailsanddisclaimer.

TheVIRTUALISTS/
TheVIRTUALISTSin
VirtualizationM atrix
collaborationwith
(Thanksto:SeanCohen,
VirtualizationM atrix
YanivDary,RaissaTona, (ThankstoEnzoRaso
LarryW.Bailey)
Citrix)

Assessment

nicetohave
Overview

vSphere5.5U2
EnterprisePluswith

VERDE7.1Includes
RHEV3.5ClickHere
VERDOS,LEAFOSand
ForDetails

XenServer6.5is
availableinStandard

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OperationsM anagement
ClickHereForOverview

Clienttools

EditionandEnterprise
Edition

nicetohave
Maturity

ReleaseDates:vSphere
M atureandstable
RHEV3.5releasedin
6.5Releasedate
5.5U2:Sep9th2014
technoloy.Latestversion
Feb2015(RHEV3.4 January2015,6.2Release
(ESX:2001/2002,ESXi:
ofVERDEpublishedin
June2014,RHEV3.3
Date:June2013(Xen
Dec2007)moreindetails Oct2013,Firstversion January2014,RHEV3.2 2003,CitrixXenServer
published2007
June2013,RHEV3.1 2007,5.6SP2M arch2011,
Dec2012,RHEV2
v6:Sep2011,

nicetohave
MarketPosition

Leader(Position1)

2014M ajorPlayer
(IDCM arketScape)

Oneofthe7playersin
GartnerM agicQuadrant
2014Clickherefor
details

Niche''Quadrant
(behindVM wareandM S)

Pricing

nicetohave
Virtualization($)

OM Ent+(5.5):
Variesbasedonnumber
RHEV3.5Premium:
OpenSource(free)or
$4,245/socket+S&S1Y: ofusers.Startsat$200per $1,499/socketpair/year twocommercialeditions,
$891(B)or$1061(Prod)
user.
RHEV3.5Standard:
pricingtobeannouncedat
$999/socketpair/year GA:Annual:$500/socket,
(IncludesDesktop
Perpetual:$1250/socket
VirtualizationFeatures)

nicetohave
Management($)

$4995(Std)+$1049(B)
or$1249(P),$1,495(Fnd)
+$545(B)or$645(P)

IncludedinVERDE
cost

Yes(includedinRHEV
hypervisorsubscription)

Free(XenCenter)

Yes,combinedRHEL
andRHEVoffering26%
savings

No

nicetohave
Bundle/Kit
Pricing($)

SeeAKwithOM
EnterprisePlus

Yes

GuestOS
Licensing

No

No

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

No

Management
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Version
Edition

EvaluationPanel
vSphere5.5

VERDE7.1

RHEV3.5

XenServer6.5

EnterprisePlus
withOM

VERDE

RHEV

CommercialEdition

General

nicetohave
Central
Management

Yes(vCenterServer
VERDEM anagement
Standard+enhancedWeb
Console
Client),enhancedvCSA,
newSSO

Yes(RHEVM )

Yes(XenCenter),
SCVM M (seedetails)

nicetohave
Virtualand
Physical

Limited(plugins)

No

Thirdpartyplugin
framework

No

RBAC/AD
Integration

Yes(vCenterandESXi
hosts),enhancedSSO

Yes

Yes(ADandIPA)

Yes(hosts/XenCenter)

No,VERDEcontrols
thewholestack.

No(native)Yes(with
VendorAddOn:
CloudForms)

nicetohave

nicetohave
CrossVendor
Mgmt

Limited(FreeAdd
On):M ultiHypervisor
M anager1.1Yes(with
VendorAddOn:vCloud
AutomationCenter)

No(native)Yes
(VendorAddOn:
CloudPlatform)

nicetohave
BrowserBased
Mgmt

YesEnhancedWeb
Client(withenhancedSSO
andBDE)

Yes

Yes(RHEVM ,Power
UserPortal)

No(WebSelfService:
retired)

nicetohave
Adv.Operation
Management

vCenterOperations
M anagementSuite
Standard

Yes

Yes(extended
functionalitywith
CloudFormsFeeBased
AddOn)

No

$
UpdatesandBackup

nicetohave
Hypervisor
Upgrades

Yes(UpdateM anager)

No

Yes

VMPatching

Limited(Update
M anager)

Yes

Yes(RedHat
Network)

TheXenCenter
releasedwithXenServer
6.5allowsupdatestobe
appliedtoallversionsof
XenServer(commercialand
free)

nicetohave
No

$
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nicetohave
LiveVMSnapshot

Yes

No

YesIncludingRAM

yes

Yes(vStorageAPI
DataProtection)

N/A

BackupAPI

Limited

Yes

No

No(Retired)

nicetohave
Backup
IntegrationAPI

nicetohave
IntegratedBackup

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

Deployment

nicetohave
AutomatedHost
Deployments

YesAutoDeploy

Yes

No(native)Yes(with
VendorAddOn:Satellite

No

VMTemplates

Yes

Yes

Yes,CloudInitand
GlancesupportNEW

Yes

Yes(vApp/OVF)

No

No(native)Yes(with
VendorAddOn:
CloudFormsDeployables)

vApp

nicetohave

nicetohave
TieredVM
Templates

nicetohave
HostProfiles

Yes(HostProfiles)
enhancedforAutoDeploy

Yes

No(native)Yes(with
VendorAddOn:Satellite)

No

nicetohave
StorageProfiles

Yes(ProfileDriven
Storage)

No

No

No

ResourcePools

Yes

Yes

Yes(Quota,Devices
SLA,CPUShares)

No

P2V

Standaloneonly
(Converter)

No

V2V,P2V&Partners

No

UserPortal

No(WebSelfService:
retiredinXS6.2)

Yes

No(native)Yes(with
VendorAddOn:
CloudForms)

Yes(WorkflowStudio)

Other

nicetohave

nicetohave
No(XenConvert:
retired),V2V:yes

nicetohave
SelfService
Portal

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

nicetohave
Orchestration/
Workflows

Yes(vCenter
Orchestrator)

nicetohave
Security

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

Yes

SELinux,iptables,
Basic(NetScalerFee
VLANs,PortM irroring
BasedAddOn)

nicetohave
Systems
Management

SNM Pv3+CIM ,
esxcli,vM A

Yes

Agentbased(RHEL),
CIM ,SNM P

Yes(API/SDKs,
CIM )

VMMobilityand
HA
EvaluationPanel

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Version
Edition

vSphere5.5

VERDE7.1

RHEV3.5

XenServer6.5

EnterprisePlus
withOM

VERDE

RHEV

CommercialEdition

VMMobility

nicetohave
LiveMigrationof
VMs

YesvM otion,M etro

vM otionand'shared
nothing'vM otion(48
concurrent)

No

Yes(LiveM igration
unlimitedconcurrent
migrations,3bydefault)

YesXenM otion(1)

Yes(EVC)

No

Yes(exceptwithCPU
passthrough)

Yes(Heterogeneous
Pools)

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

nicetohave
Migration
Compatibility

nicetohave
MaintenanceMode

nicetohave
AutomatedLive
Migration

Yes(DRS)CPU,
M em,Storage(new
affinityrules,migrate

No

Yes(LB)Builtin
(CPU)andSchedulerfor
'custom'

YesWorkload
Balancing

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replicatedvmNEW)

nicetohave
Power
Management

Yes(DPM ),Enhanced
HostPowerM anagement
(CStates)

No

Yes(PowerSaving)

YesWorkload
Balancing

Yes(LiveStorage
vM otion)including
replicatedvm(NEW)

No

Yes

10,000Servers

200hosts/cluster

16hosts/resource
pool

Yes

Yes(HA)

Yes

nicetohave
StorageMigration

Yes(Storage
XenM otion)

HA/DR

nicetohave
ClusterSize

max32host/4000vm
percluster

nicetohave
IntegratedHA
(Restartvm)

Yes(VM wareHA)
newaffinityrules
improvedM icrosoft
FailoverClusteringNew

nicetohave
AutomaticVM
Reset

Yes(VM wareHA)

No

Yes(HA,WatchDog)

No

VMLockstep
Protection

Yes(FaultTolerance)

No

No

No

AppHA(NEW!)

No

No(native)Yes(with
VendorAddOn:Satellite

Yes

No(native)Yes(with
IntegratedDisaster
VendorAddOn:Symantec Recovery(nostoragearray
StorageFoundationFee
control)
BasedAddOn)

nicetohave

nicetohave
Application/Service
HA

No

nicetohave
Replication/Site
Failover

Limited(native):
vSphereReplicationnew
UI,multiPIT,Storage
VM otion&vSAN
compatible(NEW!)Yes
(withVendorAddOn:

Hypervisor
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Version
Edition

EvaluationPanel
vSphere5.5

VERDE7.1

RHEV3.5

XenServer6.5

EnterprisePlus
withOM

VERDE

RHEV

CommercialEdition

General

nicetohave
Hypervisor
Details/Size

VirtualHardware
'version10',VM wareESXi
5.5:Build1331820,
vCenterServer5.5:Build
1312298,vCenterServer
Appliance5.5:

KVM

KVM withRHEVH
orRHELdetailshere

XenServer6.5:Xen4.4
based

HostConfig

nicetohave
MaxConsolidation
Ratio

512vm,4096vCPU,
max32vCPU/core

Varies

Nolimitstated

500vm(Win)or650
(Linux)perhost

MaxCPUHost

320(Logical)

160(Logical)

160(logical)

160(logical)

MaxCoresper
CPU

unlimited

unlimited

unlimited

unlimited

MaxMemory
Host

6TB(Newwith
Update2)

3TB

4TB

1TB

MaxvCPUperVM

64

16

160vCPUperVM

16(Win)/32(Linux)

MaxRAMperVM

1TB

64GB

4TB

192GB

SerialPorts

Yesmax4(incl.vSPC)

Yes

No(serialconsolevia
hookspossible)

No

HotAdd/Plug

Yes(CPU,M em,Disk,
NIC),PCIeSSDNEW!

No

Yes(disk,NIC,CPU)

Yes(disk,NIC)

No

Yes(virtio),M em
Balloonoptimizationand
errormessages

nicetohave

nicetohave

nicetohave

VMConfig

nicetohave

nicetohave

nicetohave

nicetohave

Memory

nicetohave
Dynamic/Over
Commit

Yes(M emory
Ballooning)

Yes(DM C)

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nicetohave
MemoryPage
Sharing

Yes(TransparentPage
Sharing)

Yes

Yes(KSM )

No

HWMemory
Translation

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

OVFSupport

Yes

No

Yes

Yes,incl.vApp

HWCompatibility

VeryComprehensive
(seelink)

VeryComprehensive

Comprehensive

Improving

GuestOSSupport

VeryComprehensive
(seelink)

VeryComprehensive

Limited

Good

Yes

RESTAPI,Python
CLI,Hooks,SDK

Yes(SDK,API,
PowerShell)

Yes

RESTAPI

nicetohave

Interoperability

nicetohave

nicetohave

nicetohave

nicetohave
Scripting/APIs

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

nicetohave
CloudAPI

vCloudAPI

CloudStackAPIs,
supportforAWSAPI

Networkand
Storage
EvaluationPanel

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Version
Edition

vSphere5.5

VERDE7.1

RHEV3.5

XenServer6.5

EnterprisePlus
withOM

VERDE

RHEV

CommercialEdition

Storage

nicetohave
SupportedStorage

DAS,NFS,FC,iSCSI,
DAS,NAS,iSCSI,CFS
FCoE(HW&SW),'Endto
End'supportfor16GbFC,
FlashReadCacheNEW

DAS,iSCSI,NFS(v4),
FC,FCoE,SAS,POSIX
VirtioSCSI,GlusterFS
support,onlinevDisk
resize

DAS,SAS,iSCSI,
NAS,FC,FCoE

nicetohave
SANMultipath

Yes(enhancedAPD
andPDL)PDL
AutoRemoveNEW

N/A

Yes(FC,iSCSI)

Yes(limitedforSAS)

nicetohave
SharedFile
System

Yes(VM FSv5)

Yes

SPM andsupportfor
sharedFSmanualSPM
roleassigment

Yes(SR)

nicetohave
BootFromSAN

Yes(FC,iSCSI,FCoE
andSWFCoENEW)

Yes

Yes

Yes(iSCSI,FC)

nicetohave
BootfromUSB

Yes

No

Yes

No

VirtualDisk
Format

vmdk,rawdisk(RDM )

KVM (QCOW2,
GOW3)

RAW,Qcow2

vhd,rawdisk(LUN)

MaxDiskSize

62TBforvmdk,RDM
andsnapshots

256GBperuserand
256GBperVM

Yes(incl.SESparse
Disk)

Yes

Yes

Yes(Limitationson
block)

Yes(RDM only)

N/A

Yes(viaHooks)

No

N/A

Yes

nicetohave

nicetohave
Defaultmaxvirtual
disksizeis8TB(butit's
configurableinRHEVDB)

2TB

nicetohave
ThinDisk
Provisioning

nicetohave
NPIVSupport

nicetohave
LinkedImages

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

YesCloneonboot
(new),clone,PVS,M CS

nicetohave
SWStorage
Replication

YesvSphere
Replication(withmultiple
enhancementsNEW)

Yes

No(native)Yes(with
VendorAddOn:RedHat
Storage)

No

nicetohave
Caching

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

Yes

VirtualSAN

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

No

FSCache

IntelliCacheand
memoryreadcache

nicetohave
No(native)Yes(with
VendorAddOn:RedHat
Storage)

No

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nicetohave
Storage
Integration(API)

Yes(VASA,VAAIand
VAM P)

N/A

Thirdpartyplugin
IntegratedStorageLink
frameworke.g.NetApp
(deprecated)
VirtualConsole

StorageQoS

Yes(SIOC)incl.NFS

N/A

AdvancedNetwork
Switch

Yes(VDS),Various
Improvements(forLACP,
DSCPforQoS,filtering
etc.)NEW

No

NICTeaming

Yes(upto32NICs),
improvedLACPNEW

Yes

Yes

Yes(incl.LACP
New)

nicetohave
Yes(Quota,Storage
I/OSLA)

Basic

Networking

nicetohave
NeutronIntegration
Yes(OpenvSwitch)
(TechPreview)+various distributedvSwitchisnow
newenhancementsclick
deprecated
fordetails

nicetohave

nicetohave
VLAN

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes(limitedformgmt.
traffic)

PVLAN

Yes

No

No

No

nicetohave

nicetohave
IPv6

Yes(enhanced
performanceNEW)

No

Guestsfully,
hypervisorspartially

Yes(guestsonly)

I/OPassThrough

Yes(SRIOVand
VM DirectPath),newSR
IOVworkflow

Yes

Yes(withhooks)

SRIOV

nicetohave

nicetohave
JumboFrames

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

OffloadSupport

Yes(TSO,NetQueue,
iSCSI)

No

TOE

Yes(TSO)

NetworkQOS

Yes(NetIOC),DSCP
NEW

Yes

Yes(vNICProfile)

Yes(outgoing)

yes(PortM irroring)

Yes

Yes(PortM irroring)
togglethroughvNIC
profile

Yes(PortM irroring)

nicetohave

nicetohave

nicetohave
Traffic
Monitoring

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Version
Edition

vSphere5.5

VERDE7.1

RHEV3.5

XenServer6.5

EnterprisePlus
withOM

VERDE

RHEV

CommercialEdition

Cloud

nicetohave
Overview

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

N/A

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

N/A

vCloudHybridService
(VM wareoperated)
vCloudDatacenter
Services,vCloudPowered
Services(Service
Providers)(AllFeeBa

N/A

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

CloudPlatform

nicetohave
PrivateCloud

VendorAddOn:RHCI

CloudPlatform(fee)

nicetohave
PublicCloud

VendorAddOns:
CloudPlatform(fee)
CloudAccess(RHEL,
M GRGrid,JBoss,Storage
Server,OpenShiftPaaS)
throughRedHatCertified
CloudProviders

nicetohave
HybridCloud

vCloudConnector
(Core)(vCloudConnector
Advanced,vCACFee
BasedAddOns)

N/A

VendorAddOn:
CloudForms(OpenStack
andAWSNEW)

CloudBridgeand
NetScaler(fee)

nicetohave
SecureMulti

YesvCD,vCloud

N/A

Selinux,cgroups,

VLANs,OVS

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Tenancy(IaaS)

NetworkingandSecurity/
VM wareNSX(AllFee
BasedAddOns)

OpenStackcomputeand
(included)Security
networkVendorAddOn: Groups,customnetworks
CloudFormsRHEV
(fee)
NeutronTechPreview
$
NEW

nicetohave
NSXoptimizedfor
Network
Virtualization/SDN vSphere,NSXformulti
hypervisorenvironment
Overview

N/A

(expectedQ4/13asFee
BasedOffering)

VendorAddOn:RHCI
SDNController+SDN
(RedHatOpenStack
Plugins(CloudPlatform
Networkingaspartof
fee)
RHCI),RHEVNeutron
$
TechPreviewNEW

nicetohave
OverlayProtocols

GRE,STTand
VXLAN(NSXformulti
HV)VXLANonly(NSX
forvSphere)

N/A

VendorAddOn:GRE
withRHCIOpenStack

GRE

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Version
Edition
Desktop
Virtualization

EvaluationPanel
vSphere5.5

VERDE7.1

RHEV3.5

XenServer6.5

EnterprisePlus
withOM

VERDE

RHEV

CommercialEdition

VM wareHorizonSuite
(FeebasedAddOn)
Horizon6Announced!

VERDE7.1Includes
VERDOS,LEAFOSand
Clienttools

nicetohave
Overview

VDIIncludedin
CitrixDesktop
RHEVHTM L5support
Virtualization
(TechPreview)
(XenDesktop&XenApp
7.6NEWViaB
associatedproducts)

nicetohave
MarketPosition

Leader(Position2)

M ajorPlayer(IDC
M arketScape)

Contender

Leader(P1)Vendor
AddOn:XenDesktop

nicetohave
Scalability

10kperPODClick
forDetails

Yes

notvalidated

VendorAddOn:
XenDesktop:High(100k+
users)ViaB:'thousandsof
users',8+hosts

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Complexity

M edium

Low

Low

VendorAddOn:
XenDesktopM edium/High
(XD)Low(ViaB)

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DisplayProtocols

PCoIP,RDP6/7

RDP6/7/8,SPICE,NX

SPICE,VNC,RDP
(defaultforWindows8)

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

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VDI(VMs)

HorizonView5.3
(FeeBasedOffering)

VERDEOSTreat
M icrosoftandLinux
sessionsequally

VDIinRHEV
VendorAddOn:
(included)SPICEHTM L5 XenDesktopXenDesktop
TechPreview
7.6ViaB(VDIonly)
FeeBasedAddOns)

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HostedShared
(Sessions)

Verylimited(TSin
W2k8andW2k8R2)

VeryLimited

No

VendorAddOn:
XenDesktopXenApp7.6

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Graphics
Capability

PhysicalGPU
(virtualized)NEW,
virtualGPU

Limited

SPICE(2D),SPICE
HTM L5(TechPreview)

VendorAddOn:
XenDesktopHDX,
HDX3DPro,sharedGPU
(OpenGL,DirectX)

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SoftwareGPU

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

No

No

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

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SharedGPU

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

No

No

VendorAddOn:
XenDesktopYesXD
(7.1+):vGPUwith
NVIDIAGridK1/K2with
CUDA,DirectX9,10,11,
OpenGL4.3XenApp:
OpenGLG

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DedicatedGPU

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

No

No

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

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Endpoint
Platforms

verycomprehensive:
Windows,iOS,Android,
M ACOSX,Linux

verycomprehensive:
Windows,iOS,Android,
M ACOSX,Linux

Yes

VendorAddOn:
XenDesktopvery
comprehensiveWindows,
iOS,Android,M ACOSX,
Linuxetc.

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Storage
Optimization

HostCache/CBRC
(VSANFeeBasedAdd
On)

StorageOptimizer&
CacheI/O(includedwith
VERDE)

No

VendorAddOn:
XenDesktopIntelliCache
(incl.withXenServer)

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UserPortal/App
Store

HorizonWorkspace
(FeeBasedAddOn)

No

Yes(PowerUser
Portal)incl.withRHEV

VendorAddOns:
XenDesktop,
CloudGateway,StoreFront

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Persona&
Layering

PersonaM gmt+
HorizonM irage(incl.App
Layers)(FeebasedAdd
On)

VERDEVirtual
ApplicationLayers

No(Possiblevia
ProfileUnity)

VendorAddOn:
XenDesktoppersonal
vDisk,CitrixProfile
M gmt.

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DaaS

HorizonDaaS(incl.
GoogleChromebook
support)(Feebased
AddOn)

Yes

No

VendorAddOn:
XenDesktopXenDesktop
7.5CloudDeployment

ExtensionsOther
(BacktoTop)
Version
Edition

EvaluationPanel
vSphere5.5

VERDE7.1

RHEV3.5

XenServer6.5

EnterprisePlus
withOM

VERDE

RHEV

CommercialEdition

Other

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VirtualSAN

vSANNEW!(Fee
BasedAddOn)

N/A

VendorAddOn:Red
HatStorage

no

Other

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Application
Management

VM warevFabric
Hyperic(FeeBasedAdd
On)

N/A

3rdParty

VendorAddOn:
XenDesktopEdgeSight,
Director

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Security

vCloudNetworking
andSecurity/NSX(Fee
BasedAddOns)

N/A

sVirt&Security
Partnerships

VendorAddOns:
NetScalerGateway,App
Firewall,CloudBridge

Other

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Workflow/
Orchestration

Orchestrator(incl.)

N/A

VendorAddOn:
CloudForms

WorkflowStudio(incl.)

Other

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SiteFailover

SiteRecoveryM anager
(FeeBasedAddOn)

N/A

PluginSymantec
StorageFoundation(Fee
BasedAddOn)

IntegratedSite
Recovery(incl.)

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Chargeback

vCenterChargeback
M anager(FeeBased
AddOn

Yes

VendorAddOn:
CloudForms

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

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Network
Extensions

yes(IBM 5000vand
CiscoNexus1000v)(Fee
BasedAddOn)

N/A

VendorAddOns:Load
Balancer,High
Performance

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

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