Seems so... :)
*ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) <http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker> *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* * * On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 10:23 AM, James Rankin <kz2...@googlemail.com>wrote: > Do VMWare and Hyper-V fans both treat XenServer with equal disdain? I know > I'm less than impressed with it (being an ESX evangelist myself) > > On 26 October 2010 15:20, Martin Blackstone <mblackst...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> +2 >> But to be fair, it really is a religious war. You will find people who >> like >> one or the other. Personally I am a huge ESX fan. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Garcia-Moran, Carlos [mailto:cgarciamo...@spragueenergy.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 6:59 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: VMWare vs Hyper-V >> >> +1 For VMware, they are by far a more robust, flexible , 3rd party >> +supported, great tools for it. That being said, they aint cheap setup >> +does require some extra knowledge but don't think more than learning >> +Hyper-V from scratch >> >> It all depends on your requirements, budget, DR planning etc... I've been >> using Vmware for quite a few years now and it has done well by me, While I >> dabbled in Hyper-V at the time it didn't compare. You can have a >> production >> ready VM host in around 30 minutes provided you have a Server, Network and >> Storage for it >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] >> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 9:48 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: VMWare vs Hyper-V >> >> Probably a can of worms here but we have not done much virtualization but >> are about to get into it more. It will be pretty simple virtualization, a >> couple of big boxes running 4 or 5 virtualized servers each. No cluster >> failovers or anything like that. We dabbled in VMWare before Hyper-V >> became >> mature but now I need to pick one and run with it. I am leaning towards >> Hyper-V because it is included with our license and so far has been pretty >> painless in testing. I found VMWare to be confusing with all the different >> packages, licensing...upgrades and all that. I suspect it provides far >> more >> flexibility but not knowing what that flexibility really is concerns me. >> >> So thought I would ask the knowledgeable masses here if I am missing >> anything important. >> >> TIA >> >> ~ 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
