Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers
Complete enterprise virtualization solution for server workloads
Virtualize your entire datacenter. Significantly boost your capital and operational efficiency. It's easy with Red Hat® Enterprise Virtualization for Servers, our end-to-end server virtualization solution.
The latest features
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers is built on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux® platform, trusted by thousands of organizations on millions of systems around the world for mission-critical workloads. The latest version, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers 3, gives you:
- 50+ new features, including an updated hypervisor based on the latest Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) technology.
- NEW! A self-service user portal.
- NEW! An integrated reporting system.
- Record-breaking performance and scalability.
- Industry-leading security with SELinux and sVirt.
- The widest ecosystem of hardware and enterprise independent software vendors (ISVs).
- The lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) in its class.
- The ideal platform on which to build an internal or private cloud of Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Microsoft Windows virtual machines (VMs).
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager
This feature-rich server-virtualization management system delivers advanced capabilities for hosts and guests, including:
- High availability
- Live migration
- Storage management
- System scheduler
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor
Deploy this modern hypervisor—based on KVM virtualization technology—as either of the following:
- The standalone bare-metal hypervisor Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor (included).
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (optional, purchased separately) installed as a hypervisor host and managed through Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager for Servers.
High performance and scalability
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers gives you near-bare-metal and better-than-bare-metal performance, and industry-leading scalability for enterprise workloads. You can virtualize even the most demanding application workloads with features, including:
- Record-setting results on the industry-standard virtualization benchmark SPECvirt_sc2010[1], including the highest overall performance and the highest number of performant VMs on a single server.
- Support for the latest Intel and AMD server chipsets for superior consolidation and VM performance.
- Up to between 95% and 140% performance relative to bare metal for real-world enterprise workloads like SAP, Oracle, and Microsoft Exchange.
- More than 1 million messages per second on a single server with low latency.
- Consolidation ratios of more than 400 VMs with enterprise workloads running on a single server.
1. Comparison based on benchmark addressing performance evaluation of datacenter servers used in virtualized server consolidation at www.spec.org/virt_sc2010/ as of 9 May, 2012. SPEC® and the benchmark name SPECvirt® are registered trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation.
The Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager is a feature-rich server-virtualization management system that provides advanced capabilities for hosts and guests, including:
- NEW! Self-service user portal
- High availability
- Live migration
- Storage management
- System scheduler
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers uses SELinux with sVirt and the hardened Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel to provide a secure virtualization infrastructure.
Unparalleled ecosystem for virtualized hardware and software
- The Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization ISV program is a vibrant ecosystem of partners offering solutions in complementary areas, like backup and recovery, workflow automation, and capacity planning.
- Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers also supports the leading enterprise hardware, operating systems, and applications certified for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
- Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization is Microsoft Server Virtualization Validation Program (SVVP)-certified to support current supported versions of Windows operating systems and Microsoft server applications.
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers offers a lower total cost of ownership compared to other virtualization solutions. So you can deploy more virtualized servers today and, with a quicker return on investment (ROI), install your next virtualization project sooner.
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops lets you host complete desktop environments virtually on servers located in a centralized datacenter. Users connect via inexpensive thin clients or repurposed PCs. The result? A great user experience. More secure data. Low cost of ownership. And more.
Visit the Red Hat online store to purchase the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers Starter Kit, which includes 6 Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers subscriptions, sufficient to enable a starter deployment of 3 servers with 2 CPU sockets each.
Contact Red Hat Sales to learn more about Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers, to get an evaluation copy, or to purchase Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers.
Red Hat works with an ecosystem of partners to build, optimize, and deliver complete solutions. Through our global network of leading hardware, software, and service provider vendors, Red Hat offers you a wealth of proven technology solutions that solve real-world business challenges.
The most useful downloads and links about Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers:
Essential collateral
- Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 features guide
- Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers datasheet
- Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers Competitive features whitepaper
Performance and scalability
- Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Scalability
- Oracle performance on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
- AMQP messaging performance on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
- Java performance on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
- Microsoft Exchange performance on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
- IBM DB2 performance on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
- LAMP performance on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
- Microsoft IIS performance on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
Security
Pricing guides
- Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers: Pricing Quickguide
- Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers: Competitive Pricing Guide
- Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers TCO and ROI calculators
Red Hat Consulting and Training
Other products you may find useful:
- Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops provides an exceptional user experience, cross-platform support, and the power of open source for the virtualization of your desktop environments.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the foundation for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization hypervisor technology, is also a great guest operating system for your server workloads. Learn why Red Hat Enterprise Linux runs best on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization.
