Virtualization Shootout: Hyper-V vs. ESX Server 3.5

摘要

In my comparison of each of the product's licensing and pricing structures, I used VMware Infrastructure Foundation 3, which includes the following components: * ESX Server 3.5 * VMware Virtual Machine File system (VMFS) * VMware SMP * VirtualCenter Agent * VMware Consolidated Backup * VMware Update Manager In contrast, Hyper-V is included in Server 2008, making it essentially free to organizations running Server 2008. Hyper-V is included in Server 2008 Standard Edition x64, Server 2008 Enterprise Edition x64, and Server 2008 Datacenter Edition x64 Microsoft does make three versions of Server 2008 that don't include Hyper-V (aptly named Server 2008 without Hyper-V), and the price difference is negligible at only $28.