[THIN] Re: quick question on virtualization platforms

MS and Citrix are working quickly to close the feature gap with VMWare.
VMWare still does more and if you need those features you should go with it
and pay the difference. MS and Citrix have the advantage of a better
architecture with para-virtualization and when the features and management
catch up it will be hard to justify the extra costs of VMWare.

Steve Greenberg
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From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf
Of Brian Ehlert
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 10:41 AM
To: thin@freelists.org
Subject: [THIN] Re: quick question on virtualization platforms

IMHO:

At this point in time (as things are changing) VMware has two plusses
over the others in the current and immediate future:
1) host memory over-commitment
2) VM portability across hardware (as in all devices are 100% emulated
thus no hardware redetection in the guest OS at all).

I first cut my hypervisor teeth on ESX just prior to Virtual Center
and even the advantage that Virtual Center gave VMware in the past
couple years is quickly disappearing.

The decision is quickly coming down to cost, features, and familiarity.

Do you really need VMotion? or is QuickMigration / Live Migration good
enough?
Do you really need DRS? (many have it, few really _use_ it)
Are you recommending VMWare just becuase you are familiar with it (and
vice-versa)?

Either way, the playing field of features is quickly flattening.

On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 9:12 AM, Kevin Stewart <kevin.g.stewart@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Gurus and associated experts,
>
> I work for a company with a HUGE investment in VMware ESX and I can safely
> say that I am very knowledgeable in the product(s). I now have an
> opportunity to build a new virtualization infrastructure for another
company
> and I'm toying with the idea of stepping out of my comfort zone to look at
> products like XenServer, MS Hyper-V, or Virtual Iron. I understand that
this
> is mainly a Citrix/RDP list, but I would also assume that many, or most of
> you, are experts in one VM solution or another. Can anyone with experience
> in VMware and one or more of the other products offer up your insite into
> the differences, strengths and weaknesses of each? All of the vendors have
> their own comparison models, so I'm really looking for personal
experience.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> K Stewart
>
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