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VMware vSphere 6 with Operations Management
Key Features and Benefits Comparison
KEY FEATURES AND BENEFITS VMWARE VSPHERE®
WITH OPERATIONS
MANAGEMENT™ 6
MICROSOFT WINDOWS SERVER
2012 R2 HYPER-V & SYSTEM CENTER
2012 R2
RED HAT ENTERPRISE
VIRTUALIZATION 3.5
Snapshots and Data Protection
• Virtual Machine Snapshots - Increase application availability while reducing backup windows using virtual machine
snapshots. Create a point-in-time copy of virtual machine data that can be used for testing, backup, and recovery
operations.
3
Yes As of the initial release of RHEV 3.5, you still
cannot remove snapshots while a virtual
machine is powered on
• vSphere Data Protection - Enable quick, simple and complete data protection and deduplication for virtual
machines or leverage one of our many third party oerings to provide a solution that best meets your organization’s
needs.
New with vSphere 6 - VDP now includes all the previous features found in the advanced edition, including agent
support for Microsoft SQL Server, Exchange, and SharePoint. Further enhancements include the ability to replicate
backups between virtual appliances.
3
Limited, DPM lacks ability to deduplicate
data. Limited Linux guest OS support and
no capabilities for file level restore with
Linux guests
No backup capabilities included, very limited
ecosystem of third party products and
solutions
– Deduplication – Based on EMC’s Avamar technology, vSphere Data Protection (VDP) can provide the industry’s
highest average rates of deduplication, 99 percent for file systems and 96 percent for databases
3
No No
– Appliance Based Deployment – Deploy the vSphere Data Protection virtual appliance to quickly protect your
environment before a restore is needed
3
No No
– Agentless Virtual Machine Backup
3
No No
– Automated Backup Verification - Create jobs to restore virtual machines on a scheduled basis in order to validate
the integrity of virtual machine backup data
3
No No
– Guest Quiescing - Support for Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) and Linux file system quiescing to
improve reliability of replicated virtual machines
3
Limited, only file consistent backups are
supported for Linux using DPM
No, Red Hat does not include a backup
oering and 3rd party solutions only oer
support for VSS
vSphere Replication™, the only hypervisor-based replication solution that operates at the individual virtual machine disk level
• Per Virtual Disk Granularity – Configure replication at the virtual machine disk level, allowing the specification of
custom RPOs for individual disks
3
Limited, RPO can only be set per virtual
machine
No replication capabilities included, very
limited ecosystem of third party products
and solutions
– Inter and Intra Cluster Replication – Replicate to a cluster in a remote data center or locally within the same
cluster
3
No intra cluster replication No
– Granular RPO Settings - Adjustable RPO allows you to easily choose a value between 15 min and 24 hours
3
No, only 3 options for RPO and no ability to
set above 15 MINUTES
No
– Multiple Point-in-Time Restore
3
Yes No
– Centralized Management – Manage and configure replication centrally from vCenter Server
3
No, SCVMM cannot manage Hyper-V
Replication
No
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