That's exactly my point though, you can end up so dependent upon the right combination of third party drivers on the box running hyper-v vs. "download vsphere ISO, put in drive, boot, install, done".
-----Original Message----- From: Malcolm Reitz [mailto:malcolm.re...@live.com] Sent: 26 October 2010 16:30 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: VMWare vs Hyper-V 1) Hyper-V is Windows - whatever drivers you need to run Windows on that hardware is what you need for Hyper-V; no different than any other Windows implementation. If you have a major name server, you'll have the drivers you need from the vendor. 2) I can't speak to paid support from non-EA Microsoft customers, but there's a large and growing amount of Hyper-V knowledge available in the community. -Malcolm -----Original Message----- From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 09:24 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: re: VMWare vs Hyper-V Personally I'd go with vsphere and look at one of the Essentials bundles as that will give you cluster capability as well as central control from vCenter. I don't have anything against Hyper-V as I've never actually used it, but my reservations and reasons for not doing so are two-fold: 1) Hardware compatibility - with vsphere you have a HCL and if it's on that, vmware will supply everything, you just download and insert the media when necessary. With Hyper-V the hardware may be supported but you may still have to go download drivers from Broadcom or whoever before you have a working Hyper-V server. 2) Support - with vsphere you can pay vmware for support, or you can use their forums for free. With Hyper-V unless you have some sort of enterprise agreement my understanding (and it is just an understanding, I could be dead wrong) is that you can't purchase support cheaply just on Hyper-V. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin -- MIRA Ltd Watling Street, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 0TU, England Registered in England and Wales No. 402570 VAT Registration GB 114 5409 96 The contents of this e-mail are confidential and are solely for the use of the intended recipient. If you receive this e-mail in error, please delete it and notify us either by e-mail, telephone or fax. You should not copy, forward or otherwise disclose the content of the e-mail as this is prohibited. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin