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Comparing Window Server(2008) Virtualiztion with VMWare ESX Server

Here is a little chart to compare Microsoft Window Server (2008) Virtualization with VMWare ESX Server

Windows Server Virtualization VMWare ESX Server
Architecture Support x86 and x64 x86 and x64
Large Memory Support 32 GB per virtual machine 16 GB per virtual machine
Guest Multiprocessing 4-core support (Free) 2/4-core($$)
Migration Quick Migration WAN Disaster Recovery Live Migration($$) Local Disaster Recovery ($$)
Management unified Physical and Virtual Virtual Only

It seems Microsoft has a couple nice features builtin and free of charge. And for powershell lovers Microsoft Virtualization is script extensible using powershell/wmi.

Posted: Oct 28 2007, 11:30 PM by yli628 | with 2 comment(s)
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