Name: VM Server
Rating: 4.4 (75 reviews)

Overview

Product Information on VM Server

Updated 13th October 2025

What is VM Server?

VM Server is a software developed to provide server virtualization for enterprise environments, enabling users to create and manage virtual machines efficiently. The software offers features such as rapid deployment, configuration, and control of virtual machines, supporting both Linux and Windows operating systems. VM Server utilizes technology to allow multiple operating environments to run simultaneously on physical hardware, helping organizations consolidate workloads and optimize server usage. It integrates with virtualization management tools for streamlined administration, supports live migration of workloads, and focuses on resource allocation and efficiency. VM Server addresses business challenges by reducing hardware costs, improving scalability, and simplifying the management of servers within data centers.

Overall experience with VM Server

Senior Manager

3B - 10B USD, IT Services

FAVORABLE

“Customizable Resource Allocation Simplifies Handling Diverse Project Requirements”

5.0

Mar 17, 2026

I am using VM server setup for one of my SIEM project. VM server has given me a soild experience for managing multiple environments on a single machine. Once all of the system configurations are configured properly the system runs very smoothly. Even once you get handson the tool its gets more easier with the configuration part it only takes minutes to create a machine.

Software Developer

500M - 1B USD, Media

CRITICAL

“Stability and Performance Remain Strong Despite Lack of Ongoing Updates and Support”

3.0

Mar 11, 2026

Reliable for the workloads we're already running on it. However, due to it officially being a legacy product that is no longer receiving updates / new features, we are not using it for any new workloads.

About Company

Company Description

Oracle is a cloud technology company that offers computing infrastructure and software solutions globally. This organization has developed an autonomous database, the first of its kind, to help manage and secure data. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure presents functionalities to facilitate the transition of workloads from on-site systems to the cloud, and vice versa, as well as between different clouds. Oracle's cloud software applications provide modern tools designed to support sustainable growth and resilience in businesses. Tools developed by Oracle are used by a wide range of users including nonprofit organizations and businesses of various sizes, to aid in operations like supply chain streamlining, human resource management, financial planning and connecting data and global users. Apart from business solutions, Oracle's technology also aids in tasks ranging from government defense to scientific and medical research.

Company Details

Company type

Public

Year Founded

1977

Head office location

Redwood Shores, United States

Number of employees

10001+

Annual Revenue

30B+ USD

Website

http://www.oracle.com

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VM Server Likes & Dislikes

I like the feature of hosting multiple virtual machines working on them together too and causing no major issues. I even like the features where I can on my own set CPU and RAM according to my system and project need. I even like the feature where i can a make machine with multiple linux,debian options.

We are running some legacy solaris workloads, and the stability and performance of these is much better than on any other hypervisor we have tried. The hard-partitioning, essentially pinning CPU's to VMs saves us a lot of costs since now we don't have to pay specific license costs for each core in the physical server. It's a mature and battle-tested architecture that has been very stable and reliable for some of our most critical workloads.

Strong integration with Oracle Linux and KVM, providing a supported and consistent virtualization stack. Good performance and stability, particularly for Oracle middleware workloads. Cost efficiency, especially comapred to traditional enterprise hypervisors, with predictable licensing and support.

On a begineer level to setup a VM it can be confusing to create a machine and also its configurations too.I would suggest if some steps or guide book can help during initial stages only. Also sometimes while running multiple machines there can be some perfromance drop issues too.

Since the extended support has ended, this product is no longer receiving bug fixes, security patches or new features. Managing the stack is hard, and requires its own complex stack just to be able to manage the hypervisor. The maintenance burden is thus quite high. Handles over-commitment of resources poorly, causing the need to buy more capacity than you require.

Management interface and tooling are still in an early stage and need improvement. Smaller ecosystem and third-party integrations, particularly around backup tools. Steeper learning curve for teams without prior KVM or Oracle Linux experience.

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50M-1B USD

Media

Review Source

Stability and Performance Remain Strong Despite Lack of Ongoing Updates and Support

1B-10B USD

IT Services

Customizable Resource Allocation Simplifies Handling Diverse Project Requirements

Sys Admin

Manufacturing

Solid KVM based virtualization platform with strong Oracle Linux integration

4.0

Jan 12, 2026

We are new to this technology but for now we had a positive overall experience. The platform is stable and well integrated with Oracle Linux, and also provides a solid KVM based virtualization stack. It works reliably for Oracle workloads and general purpose virtual machines, however the ecosystem and tooling needs to be more mature.

Project Manager

Oracle VM Server Offers Stability for Workloads but Faces Innovation Challenges

Jan 27, 2026

Our experience with Oracle VM server has been Mixed , The Platform performs reliably for Oracle workloads and integrates well with Oracle products, However , Limited innovation, reduced vendor focus and operational alternatives impact its overall value

Security Analyst

Software

OCI Virtual Machines Provide Affordable Compute With Seamless Oracle Product Integration

Feb 3, 2026

OCI virtual machines offer fast, cost-efficient compute that will be enough for all of your typical VM needs, integrating well with the rest of the OCI environment.