{"id":335,"date":"2008-09-08T17:16:16","date_gmt":"2008-09-08T22:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/?p=335"},"modified":"2008-09-08T17:16:16","modified_gmt":"2008-09-08T22:16:16","slug":"hyper-v-in-review-strengths-and-drawbacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/index.php\/2008\/09\/hyper-v-in-review-strengths-and-drawbacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Hyper-V in Review: Strengths and Drawbacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

It has been several months since Microsoft’s Hyper-V has become officially available.  Since then, there have been some twists and variations, including a dedicated Hyper-V Server product that doesn’t require any Windows Server licenses (I’ll write about that sometime in the future).  It seemed like a good time to take a small step back and re-assess the state of Hyper-V.  In the early days, there was no shortage of fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) being cast at the product.  Just a few months later, most experts seem to agree that Hyper-V is ready for the Enterprise and is a perfectly-viable option for data center deployments.<\/p>\n

My recent SearchServerVirtualization.com article, Assessing Hyper-V’s Benefits, limitations<\/a> looks at some of the details.  From the article’s introduction:<\/p>\n

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Earlier this year, the letters "ESX" were synonymous with server virtualization and VMware seemed to be the only practical game in town. It has now been a few months since a stealthy little software behemoth from the Pacific Northwest released its serious virtualization contender. And in that time, things have changed. In this tip, I’ll highlight some of the post-release considerations for Hyper-V. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Hyper-V’s strengths and weaknesses<\/b>
Hyper-V’s primary strength is probably its ready availability in the data center. If you’re running Windows Server 2008 on 64-bit hardware, you’re just minutes away from enabling an industrial-strength Hypervisor. Hyper-V’s management tools should be familiar to anyone who manages Windows systems, and the last few months have shown that it is a stable and reliable option for the data center. <\/p>\n

Of course, Hyper-V is not without its limitations. Virtualization experts are quick to point out that it doesn’t support live migration of VMs between servers and doesn’t allow administrators to over-commit memory (VMware provides both features). But, Hyper-V provides numerous options based on clustering, so building highly-available Hyper-V deployments is possible and supported. Users of this new product on the enterprise virtualization scene will need some time before completely trusting this candidate over the incumbents. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The full article is available for free and provides details related to support policies, and technical pros and cons of Microsoft’s latest virtualization product.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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