will open source hypervisor be popular in enterprises?

As more companies move to different types of hypervisor or just for cost-cutting reasons, the scope of the open source hypervisor is still small, although the gap has narrowed. Of course, trust is an important aspect, but is there any other factor that hinders open source hypervisor into the data center? We consulted the members of the TechTarget Committee of Experts on whether open source Hypervisor had a chance to catch up with VMware and http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/11208.html "> Microsoft?

Maish saidel-keesing, Cisco video Technologies Israel

Open source software is often viewed as a threat to commercial products. Although there are always people who rely on Open-source software to survive, I don't think it will eventually become the mainstream software in an enterprise-class environment. For IT administrators of large businesses, assume that at the time of the failure of week seven 3 o'clock in the morning, there are questions about who is trustworthy and can solve the problem.

Let's take OpenStack as an example. OpenStack is open source and promoted and maintained by the community. The introduction of the community is great, it is its main advantage, but also the biggest burden. If you encounter serious problems, there is no direct Single window to contact. You can go to the forum to ask for help, but only pray that someone can help you.

Can you call for help? Can you find someone who can help you at the end of a system outage? For most open-source software, the answer is yes. Of course, there are companies (such as Red Hat companies) that are committed to solving this problem, and they realize that they need to find help when there are serious problems with customers who rely on the software. Red Hat provides open source software, but more importantly provides support for the software-but support costs are not cheap. Of course, they are not unique, there are many commercial products also support OpenStack.

So the question is, is open-source software capable of competing with commercial products like VMware and Microsoft? It depends on how the business decides to survive.

Personally, this is a risky way of life for any superior company. This is similar to the need for enterprise-class hypervisor support, just as a major vendor buys standard servers, enterprise-class storage arrays, and network devices.

I certainly can't trust a bank that runs a database on a fedora or CentOS system. Please use some products that provide trusted support and services. More and more companies may start offering support for open source software, but they will never get the market share that VMware and Microsoft control.

Jack Kaiser, Focus Marvell FX

Virtualization can also be sold through ROI or the overall cost of ownership model, and the advantage of using open source hypervisor is not obvious compared to other open-source software, such as operating systems. VMware and Microsoft provide some level of advanced functionality and management capabilities that are superior to open source virtualization products.

Perhaps the most important advantage of VMware is the support team. Assuming you are in charge of the IT department of the Enterprise, I don't think you want to cause a dispute, just tell the boss to save a limited amount of money, build the system architecture on open source software, and then rely on the community to provide support when the server is down. It's not worth the risk.