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HPE VM Essentials vs QEMU

HPE VM Essentials

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QEMU

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FigureHPE VM EssentialsQEMU
Price from—Free
Free plan—Yes
Free trial——
Open source—Yes
WebYes—
Windows—Yes
macOS—Yes
LinuxYesYes
API—Yes
Self-hosted—Yes
Plans published22
Spec score · Server Virtualization Software6.5 (#17)8.5 (#3)

Plans

HPE VM Essentials

  • 1-year E-LTUPriced on request
  • 3-year E-LTUPriced on request

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QEMU

  • QEMUFree
  • QEMUFree

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HPE VM Essentials

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QEMU

QEMU is a free, open-source machine emulator and virtualizer. System emulation models an entire machine, including its CPU, memory and devices, so it can run a guest operating system. User-mode emulation runs processes built for one CPU architecture on another. The package also includes qemu-img, a command-line utility for creating, converting and modifying disk images. QEMU can work with KVM, Xen and Hypervisor.Framework so guests can run directly on the host CPU. Supported build platforms include Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and Windows. Windows support is limited to 64-bit, while macOS requires the newest version currently available; support for the prior version is eventually dropped. For complex networking and storage configurations, the project recommends management tools such as virt-manager. Its security guidance distinguishes virtualization with an accelerator and listed machine type from TCG non-virtualization use, which does not provide guest-isolation or security guarantees. QEMU is released under GNU GPL version 2, with some components under specific licenses.

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