I am assuming the extra expense for VMware is because your consultant is =
recommending vSphere. My question would be does your organization =
require all of the features vSphere provides, such as high availability =
or vMotion? One option would be to look into ESXi, also from VMware, =
which is currently free. If need be, those features I mentioned can be =
licensed for your environment.
Also, from personal experience I have found the claim that VMware is =
more stable than Hyper-V to be true.
-Matthew
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[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Attwood, Bo
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 11:11 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: ISED- Microsoft vs VM Ware for virtual servers
Our school is preparing to replace all of our servers and go to virtual =
servers. We have two proposals from two companies. One is proposing to =
use our Microsoft Blanket License to save us money on server software =
the other company wants to use VMware claiming it is more stable than =
the Microsoft equivalent. This will be more expensive for us so is there =
a real advantage to going with VMware over Microsoft?
Bo Attwood
Chief Technology Coordinator
Carolina Day School
1345 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803
828-210-9159
www.cdschool.org
battwood@cdschool.org
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