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Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager vs oVirt

Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager

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oVirt

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FigureMicrosoft System Center Virtual Machine ManageroVirt
Price from—Free
Free plan—Yes
Free trial——
Open source—Yes
Web—Yes
WindowsYesYes
macOS—Yes
Linux—Yes
iOS—Yes
Android—Yes
API—Yes
Self-hosted—Yes
Plans published22
Spec score · Virtualization Management Software6.2 (#28)8.7 (#3)

Plans

Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager

  • Standard EditionPriced on request
  • Datacenter EditionPriced on request

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oVirt

  • Community editionFree
  • Community editionFree

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Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager

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oVirt

oVirt is a free, open-source distributed virtualization system for managing enterprise infrastructure. It uses the KVM hypervisor and builds on community projects including libvirt, Gluster, PatternFly, and Ansible. Deployment options include a self-hosted Engine and a standalone Engine; the project recommends the self-hosted option, which runs as a virtual machine on specialized hosts and is highly available without external HA management. Centralized storage holds virtual machine disks, ISO files, and snapshots, with options including NFS, GlusterFS, iSCSI, local storage, Fibre Channel, pNFS, and other POSIX-compliant filesystems. Automation and integration are available through Ansible roles and collections, Python, Java, and Ruby SDKs, and a REST API. The download page identifies version 4.5.7 as intended for production use, with Engine and host support for Enterprise Linux 9 or 10 and CentOS Stream 9 or 10. Installation is by command line. At least one additional host is required for advanced features such as migration and high availability. The project points users to community forums, IRC, and Matrix, and invites contributions.

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