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Tag Archives: Hyper-V
Hyper-V More Stable, Just as Mature as VMware vSphere?
Microsoft Virtualization publishes an embarrassing guest post refuting vSphere advantages, doing more harm than good. Continue reading
Posted in Virtualizationism
Tagged ESX, Hyper-V, live migration, memory overcommit, VMotion
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The Truth About Hyper-V Memory Overcommit
Learn about Microsoft’s attempt to implement memory overcommit in Hyper-V. Continue reading
The Truth About VM SAN Transfers
While Microsoft marketing material claims Hyper-V and SCVMM can transfer large virtual machine files and templates over a SAN, the truth is that all VM transfers are done over the network. Only VMware ESX leverages high-speed storage area networking for VM migration. Continue reading
Posted in Virtualizationism
Tagged ESX, Hyper-V, PASS, SCVMM, storage, templates, vCenter
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The Truth About Storage Hot Add and Remove
VMware vSphere 4 offers multiple options for expanding virtual machine storage with zero downtime, including the ability to grow a running virtual disk. Hyper-V marketing literature makes a similar claim, but is limited to simply adding another virtual disk. Continue reading
Layers and Layers of FUD
Microsoft stretches the truth when claiming that VMware adds an additional layer to your architecture. The fact is, Hyper-V relies on its own instance of Windows and requires more instances for running apps. Continue reading
