Comments on: The difference between the Microsoft’s Hyper-V and the VMware’s ESX hypervisor http://4sysops.com/archives/the-difference-between-the-microsofts-hyper-v-and-the-vmwares-esx-hypervisor/ For Windows Administrators Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:02:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Ted Tyree http://4sysops.com/archives/the-difference-between-the-microsofts-hyper-v-and-the-vmwares-esx-hypervisor/comment-page-1/#comment-141010 Ted Tyree Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:04:12 +0000 http://4sysops.com/?p=2674#comment-141010 The article is well written, but I feel the exact opposite. That for our data center (small compared to mainstream companies) the value is in the VMWare solution BECAUSE they do the work for us in getting the drivers to work with the VM hypervisor and abstract all of that from the Virtual Machine. Well worth a small 5% performance hit (if even that much) since it keeps the resulting image from being hardware specific. We have no guaruntee that the system we are going to 'recover' with in the face of a disaster is going to be similar hardware. The beauty and simplicity of a truly virtual machine completely abstracted from the hardware layer is exactly what we are looking for. Thanks for listening. Thanks for th article. -Ted Tyree The article is well written, but I feel the exact opposite. That for our data center (small compared to mainstream companies) the value is in the VMWare solution BECAUSE they do the work for us in getting the drivers to work with the VM hypervisor and abstract all of that from the Virtual Machine. Well worth a small 5% performance hit (if even that much) since it keeps the resulting image from being hardware specific. We have no guaruntee that the system we are going to ‘recover’ with in the face of a disaster is going to be similar hardware. The beauty and simplicity of a truly virtual machine completely abstracted from the hardware layer is exactly what we are looking for.

Thanks for listening. Thanks for th article.

-Ted Tyree

]]> By: Michael Pietroforte http://4sysops.com/archives/the-difference-between-the-microsofts-hyper-v-and-the-vmwares-esx-hypervisor/comment-page-1/#comment-126694 Michael Pietroforte Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:23:16 +0000 http://4sysops.com/?p=2674#comment-126694 What about Hyper-V Server? Its management console is not a GUI in the strict sense, but it does the job. A real GUI would just increase the attack surface. What about Hyper-V Server? Its management console is not a GUI in the strict sense, but it does the job. A real GUI would just increase the attack surface.

]]> By: anonymuos http://4sysops.com/archives/the-difference-between-the-microsofts-hyper-v-and-the-vmwares-esx-hypervisor/comment-page-1/#comment-126463 anonymuos Sat, 18 Apr 2009 07:12:15 +0000 http://4sysops.com/?p=2674#comment-126463 I'm waiting for the day (probably never) when Microsoft releases a free standalone Hyper-V with OOTB locally managed admin GUI. I’m waiting for the day (probably never) when Microsoft releases a free standalone Hyper-V with OOTB locally managed admin GUI.

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