The $28.00 version is not for sale yet. It should be released this quarter. But yes, there will be a $28.00 version that only runs Hyper-V, it's just not out yet.
From: Carl Houseman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 10:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Hyper-V RTM - available for standalone purchase and use? So in reality, Hyper-V isn't competition for VMware-ESX unless you were buying Windows 2008 anyway? All that talk about $28 for unbundled Hyper-Vwas just to grab headlines, there's nothing you can get from MS for $28 that you could use to virtualize on bare metal a bunch of 2003 servers? Thanks, Carl From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 1:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Hyper-V RTM - available for standalone purchase and use? Here is the site with the purchasing information. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/pricing.aspx Jon On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Steve Ens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/virtualization-consolidation.aspx On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Carl Houseman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: I'm getting conflicting information trying to find out more about Hyper-V. Some talk suggests that it is or will be purchasable as a standalone product. I.e. you can buy, install, and use it without any Windows 2008 server license required. True/False? Supporting URLs if True? Secondly, I'm wondering if a Hyper-V virtual server can be taken as a .VHD and run as a guest under Virtual Server on a machine that doesn't have the hardware required for Hyper-V. I see talk about migrating .vhd's into Hyper-V, but nothing talking about migrating the other way. The goal is to take a bunch of non-vritual servers, buy one server that runs them all virtually, and then the former servers become standby hardware to run a .vhd in the event of the untimely demise of the single-point-of-failure. I know that may be more trouble than it's worth, probably easier and possibly cheaper to buy a second server identical to the first, but just wondering if the idea is even workable. thanks, Carl ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
