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Tag Archives: VMotion
On Quick Storage Migration in R2
Unlike Storage VMotion from VMware, Quick Storage Migration requires a VM to suspend and be unavailable for a period of time, making it unsuitable for production. Continue reading
VMotion from physical ESX 4 to virtual ESX 4
In yesterday’s post I showed how VMware ESX 4 can be run as a guest OS inside a virtual machine on ESX 4. As a follow-up, here is an interesting feat that can be performed with such a configuration: migrate … Continue reading
Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager released
Well, today’s the day. The announcements have begun: SCVMM is finally out. I’m kind of waiting for someone to say Microsoft released it “early,” since the (latest) announced stated end of October. Brace yourself for a tidal wave of FUD … Continue reading
Posted in Virtualizationism
Tagged quick migration, SCVMM, VMotion
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Hey boss, where do you want these virtual machines?
There are quite a few articles these days comparing VMware virtualization with Microsoft Hyper-V, which is to be expected since the press knows this topic is in the foreground for many IT managers right now. A typical, albeit incorrect, comparison … Continue reading
Posted in Virtualizationism
Tagged Hyper-V, quick migration, VMotion, VMware
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How to see if Quick Migration is right for your workload
I saw humor in this article comparing VMware VMotion with Microsoft Quick Migration: So, the best thing to do is to test the applications that will eventually run in virtual servers with Quick Migration and see what happens. Then, in … Continue reading
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Tagged Hyper-V, quick migration, VMotion
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