I believe Dallas is referring to the number of licenses you get with Windows server not what the OP was asking but worth noting. Hyper-V is only available if using Windows 2008 unless you are talking about the downloadable version but you still have to have the proper hardware to run either ESXi or Hyper-V. Either of the "free" versions still require you to purchase the number of licenses of the OS's you plan on deploying. The paid versions of Windows 2008 come as Dallas point out with additional licenses. I have not tried either of the free ones so I have no idea of how well they work. I am running a Windows 2008 Enterprise with at the moment 5 servers live on the machine using a mixture of 2003 and 2008 servers. All are well behaved and all have had the host OS shut them down for reboots after patching without user/admin intervention.
Jon On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 12:51 PM, Garcia-Moran, Carlos < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ESXi is 100% free for any number of servers. ESX (virtual Infrastructure > 3) is not free > > > > *From:* Matthew Bullock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 12, 2008 12:45 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Hyper V vs VMWare ESXi > > > > For a single server, ESX is free. > > > > *From:* Reimer, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 12, 2008 9:21 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Hyper V vs VMWare ESXi > > > > Hi folks, > > > > I know this has been discussed earlier, but it has been a few months, and > (iirc) VMWare ESXi has come out since then. Also I think/hope some of the > experts here have had a chance to try Hyper-V and/or ESXi a bit more, and > might have more comments. > > > > I am under financial restraints, and thus the full ESX version, or other > paid products, will not be viable for me. At this point, I'm looking at > virtualizing a few web servers, using MS Server 2003. These are front end > machines that "hook" to a back end SQL servers. A couple of these web > servers get very little traffic, and some will have more. I'll look into > Enterprise and DataCenter versions because of the multiple copies on a > virtual server that are allowed. > > > > I'm planning on using the local server for disk storage, no NAS/SAN > involved. I do have the hardware that can run the virtual software necessary > (maybe need some more RAM). > > > > My question. Preference? Also any new links that might compare the two? I > might also look into Xen/Citrix free version, so if anybody has comments on > that, please let me know. > > > > Thanks. > > > Mark > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > This e-mail, including attachments, contains information that is > confidential and may be protected by attorney/client or other privileges. > This e-mail, including attachments, constitutes non-public information > intended to be conveyed only to the designated recipient(s). If you are not > an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, > dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this e-mail, including > attachments, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have > received this e-mail in error, please notify me by e-mail reply and delete > the original message and any attachments from your system. > _________________________________________________________ > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
