Microsoft raises the virtualization stakes with Hyper-V 2012

For years VMware has been the main player in the virtualization world with its ESX software and suite of management tools dominating the market.  Whilst there are a number of competitors Hyper-V, Xen etc, few have made any sort of a dent in VMware’s considerable market share.  This has been largely down to VMware being an innovator in the market and ultimately, having better products.

Microsoft has been slow to catch-up with the previous release (2008 R2) still falling a long way short of its main rival.  Hyper-V 2012 changes the game completely; with a product feature set that is comparable, useable and potentially much cheaper, Hyper-V is now a realistic option for virtualizing production environments.

Hyper-V now provides the majority of functionality that VMware can, provides a similar level of max capacity and even provides superior functionality in some cases. VMware have been provoked, for the first time, in to releasing an upgrade to keep up with the competition.

Given these improvements, Hyper-V appearing in datacentres around the world becomes a distinct possibility and managing the capacity of Hyper-V becomes essential.This raises the question as to what metrics, monitoring options and reporting you’ll need to manage Hyper-V 2012 capacity.

I’ll be covering this topic in detail at my webinar this Thursday 25^th so why not register and come along?
http://www.metron-athene.com/services/training/webinars/webinar-summaries.html

Rob Ford

Principal Consultant