Virtualization Case Studies
Hyper-V
Here is a virtualization Case Study from Indiana University on cost savings using Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V. The IT department has reduced its physical servers from 150 to just 32, with a hardware cost savings of nearly $85,000/yr.
ESX
From VMware here is a virtualization Case Study from the University of Plymouth on running ESX 3.5. The IT deparment has reduced its server racks from 32 down to 2-a, with estimated cost savings around $90,000.
These are great demonstrations on the power of virtual machine deployment and services as well as the cost savings possibilities for a larger IT infrastructure from two virtualization power houses.
For those of you that are considering moving to a virtual environments there is no doubt there is a lot of options to weigh between the two virtual platforms. Depending on your needs it still appears VMware has the edge on Microsoft for many of its virtual utility features, however, there are some great features from Hyper-V that may persuade users to choose otherwise. An ongoing battle that will be and has been interesting to monitor.
Here is a great IT comparison between the two products.
Hyper-V vs VMware ESX
Posted by Matt at 9:05 AM
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