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 Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 VS VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 (Microsoft Biased)
 

Please be warned this comparison is biased toward Microsoft product. For our un-biased comparison please check Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 VS VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 (un-biased).

 

Microsoft Claimed Advantages against VMware

 

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ØVMware EULA does not allow performance comparison.
ØVS2005 R2 Faster than VS2005 which is VMware comparing to.

 

uBig differences:
ØPrice and Microsoft support (MS Virtual Server is Free)
Competition
 VMware - ESX 3.0
uThree versions
ØESX 3.0 Starter
Ø$1000 / 2 cpu
ØESX 3.0 Standard
Ø$3750 / 2 cpu
ØESX 3.0 Enterprise
Ø$5750 / 2 cpu
 
VMware Extras- additional costs, but Microsoft will offer for free when implemented
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ØSMP support
ØMS: In future, included in Windows Virtualization for free
ØVMotion
ØPlanned migration of VMs (1 second downtime)
MS: Planned and unplanned migration through clustering
ØVCenter
ØManagement: provisioning and ESX monitoring
ØMS: Integrate with VS pack for MOM, and SMS
ØP2V
Convert physical to virtual - not free
MS: VSMT is free

             

      

 

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