differences do add up 2008 --> 2012

[DaFoxx]

http://www.serverwatch.com/server-revie ... count.html

As an MCT I am constantly informed on courses that VMware is the much better Virtualization technology in comparison to Hyper-V. With the release of Server 2012, however, Microsoft closed the gap on VMware to within an inch. And now with the release of Windows Server 2012 R2, I believe Microsoft has not only closed the gap, but has left VMware behind.

Shared virtual hard disks
There's good news if you're looking to cluster guest operating systems, as R2 now allows you to share Microsoft's VHDX virtual hard disk format files as storage for your clustered applications. In previous versions, guest OS clustering required your storage method to be exposed to the guest OS, so if the shared storage was on an iSCSI target, then the iSCSI initiators on each guest OS needed to be aware of and connected to the same target. With R2, the guest OS connects to the VHDX without needing the storage method to be defined.

[chaosclown]

I knew Hyper-V would step its game up. I actually like using it, its super simple to setup and use. Since its integrated into Windows you can just turn it on and off lol

[DaFoxx]

I read through the whole arcticle
looks like MS really are getting their act together where they still have REAL impact

[rapier57]

Since I had hands on in the Hyper-V environment, I have to agree that MS left VMWare way behind. Simpler to use, manage and requires much less horsing around to get things done.

As I've said before, MS is king in the enterprise. Just wish they'd figure that out.

[Aspman]

Well that's good but how easy is it to transition from the older version to the new.

MS fucked us over going from HyperV 1 - 2

And we were supposed to be a technology partner at the time.

[rapier57]

That part I'm not sure about. Since we were education, migration was pretty easy and licensing was simple. I'm going to be jumping into the SMB environment as a part-time consultant for a bit. So, I'll let you know if I run across it.

[chaosclown]

Yea they did kinda screw up a little. The new Hyper-V requires the SLAT enable processors. So if your systems weren't running the newer model Xeons or Core i line you can't use Hyper-V.

[rapier57]

Makes sense. We were running the hot processors on our Hyper-V installations.

[chaosclown]

Yea but I don't wanna go and upgrade my outdated hardware.....I've had it since forever!

[rapier57]

Yeah, got it. But, the capabilities of the new version of HyperV require the better CPUs with the multi-cores. Otherwise, it can't slice the CPU time enough to perform properly.