I've never migrated from one to the other, but I have run them both side by side.
Depending on your current and assumed needs, either will support your applications just fine, but the cost advantage is -- as you point out -- pretty substantial with Hyper-V. If you're supporting high-end HA scenarios, then VMWare will continue to be the better choice for now, but if it's primarily a matter of hosting resources in a virtual environment with standard uptime for a small to midsized business, then you shouldn't ignore Hyper-V. I would recommend setting one box up and migrating or building some less critical servers onto it so you can get the feel of it and determine if you'll be giving up anything important by moving. The difference in licensing costs can easily pay for any extra tools you might need for management. -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 9:09 PM, Richard Stovall <[email protected]> wrote: > Has anyone out there moved an existing virtual environment from ESX / > vSphere to Hyper-V? I've got VMware support renewal coming up in a > few months and I'm very seriously considering dumping VMware > altogether. Our environment is small (currently ~30 VMs on 5 ESX 3.5 > hosts) and the potential cost savings are significant. > > Just curious if there's any history for this out there. > > Thanks, > > RS > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
