Not from what I have seen. That said Hyper-V is very nice to work on and since the drives were interchangable it was better and cheaper than purchase of the hardware + ESX for me.
Jon On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Carl Houseman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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]> wrote: > > > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/virtualization-consolidation.aspx > > > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Carl Houseman <[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> ~
