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Hyper-V vs VMware
Posted on 7/4/15 at 7:55 pm
Posted on 7/4/15 at 7:55 pm
Debate goes on and on these days, as both hypervisors are pretty close to feature parity. What are you using, and do you have any plans to switch?
I am considering a switch from Hyper-V (2008 R2) to VMware 6.0. At the time I virtualized my organization, VMware had just come out with their infamous "VRAM tax", and VMware was then out of reach for us. I only have 2 production hosts and a single DR host (and currently using Veeam for backup and replication), so I think I could get away with the Essentials package.
I am considering a switch from Hyper-V (2008 R2) to VMware 6.0. At the time I virtualized my organization, VMware had just come out with their infamous "VRAM tax", and VMware was then out of reach for us. I only have 2 production hosts and a single DR host (and currently using Veeam for backup and replication), so I think I could get away with the Essentials package.
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Posted on 7/4/15 at 8:40 pm to jdd48
VMWare. Upgrading to 5.5 or 6.0 later this year. I worked a little with HyperV 2012 in a class last September. I was impressed. But our company has leverage with VMWare so that's the product I have to use.
ETA: Currently 4 production hosts, 1 development host, 2 DR hosts. Dropping that to 4 hosts hopefully with the upgrade (it's hardware and software). Mostly windows VMs. Only 3 Linux RedHat.
ETA: Currently 4 production hosts, 1 development host, 2 DR hosts. Dropping that to 4 hosts hopefully with the upgrade (it's hardware and software). Mostly windows VMs. Only 3 Linux RedHat.
This post was edited on 7/4/15 at 8:42 pm
Posted on 7/5/15 at 8:42 am to ell_13
VMware 5.5 with Veam. Love Veam
Posted on 7/5/15 at 9:11 pm to AUtigR24
Moving from VMware 5 to 6.0 Not upgrading. We have to separate clusters. The 5 cluster is having weird issues. Machines lose their NIC connection. Can't reconnected them. Machines jump VLANs. So I'm moving machines over when we reboot them.
15 production hosts, 600 or so VM's. 4 DR Hosts using SRM Going from Veeam to VDP.
15 production hosts, 600 or so VM's. 4 DR Hosts using SRM Going from Veeam to VDP.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 1:04 am to jdd48
Small setups, we use HyperV. Large setups, we use Vmware where we can involve VMware for help on issues.
Having the host as an easy understood Windows box makes the difference for me. In case there are issues with it, i can troubleshoot it better than the mysterious esxi hosts. I am not a Linux guy, so that of course makes a difference.
Having the host as an easy understood Windows box makes the difference for me. In case there are issues with it, i can troubleshoot it better than the mysterious esxi hosts. I am not a Linux guy, so that of course makes a difference.
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