[excerpt] Alessandro Perilli :Tracking the virtualization industry for more than six years (virtualization.info was launched in September 2003) has been a challenging, time-consuming and sometimes tiring task. But there always are fun moments. The best ones come from the never ending skirmish between...
[excerpt] The ability to assign more memory to virtual machines than physically available on a host is called memory overcommit and is a major factor that contributes to higher VM density — running more virtual machines per host increases efficiency and reduces cost. VMware ESX has provided this...
[excerpt] James O'Neill:Information week published an article last week “ 9 Reasons why enterprises shouldn’t switch to hyper-v”. The Author is Elias Khnaser, this is his website and this is the company he works for . A few people have taken him to task over it, including Aidan...
[excerpt] Elias Khnaser: Lately, more and more enterprise IT groups are asking about migrating to Hyper-V because of perceived significant cost savings, from a licensing perspective. I always expected that at some point I would have to address this question, but I thought that time would be two or three...
[excerpt] Have you ever wondered why Microsoft cares so much about server virtualization? After all, it’s only a software representation of a physical machine. Microsoft has been very content over the last nearly 30 years letting the likes of Dell, Hewlett-Packard and IBM build physical servers...
Jason Whitaker: Everyone who knows that i keep it no secret, i believe the most significant development to be released from Redmond in the last decade is Hyper V, even though it is in itself a relatively small piece of code, I’m tired of people slamming hyper V more mature competitor, ESX. Some...
Glenn Weadock is frustrated that keycombinantions are different: The first issue is how to send the Ctrl-Alt-Del combination to the VM. Surely it's the same as it was in Virtual Server 2005 and Virtual PC 2007 - right-Alt-Del? Ah, but that would be logical! Nope, this time around the combination...
Kevin Fogarty: One of the major drawbacks of Microsoft 's virtualization pitch is the lack of good case histories—examples of companies that have not only picked Hyper-V for their virtualization platform, but are able to talk about how they made it work. I've written before about Kroll...
Stephen Swoyer: Just how favorably does Microsoft's Hyper-V compare to established products from VMWare, Virtual Iron, and Citrix? Now that Microsoft Corp.'s Hyper-V technology is available (and a standalone Hyper-V Server is said to be imminent), it might be a good time to take stock of Redmond's...
Kung-Fu Hypervisor Here's why Microsoft's Hyper-V may become the hypervisor of your choice. Also in this issue: System Center moves Microsoft into the big leagues, product reviews, interview with a hypervisor visionary, and much more. Kung Fu Hypervisor Don't let its looks fool you -- give...