Microsoft virtualization solution, Hyper-V™ technology plus Microsoft System Center products, offers high value to customers for a comparable, if not better, feature set than our competitors.
Microsoft’s virtualization solution is typically one third the price of a comparable virtualization implementation when comparing similar virtualization offerings from other vendors. If customers do not have Windows Server or have not upgraded to Windows Server 2008 R2, they can still download Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 from the Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 home page at no charge. Costs associated with the complete virtualization solution are mainly related to management tools. The difference depends on the number of servers the customer plans to virtualize and manage.
Extensive, unified management tools: Microsoft System Center family of products offers more powerful and comprehensive management tools than the comparable offerings. System Center product features not currently found in other virtualization solutions include:
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Management and monitoring of virtual and physical infrastructure, helping reduce the need to replace infrastructure.
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Comprehensive in-guest monitoring showing a causal relationship between components at many levels ofthe virtualization and physical stacks.
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Comprehensive performance issue identification and resolution solutions.
Broader virtualization vision and offerings: Microsoft offers a comprehensive line of virtualization products from the desktop PC to the data center that embraces open standards, extensibility, and cross-platform compatibility, such as support for Linux guest systems, extensions from third-party applications, and interoperability.
Reduced complexity: Administrators can use familiar Windows® operating system tools and interfaces to manage virtualization without adding infrastructure from an additional vendor.
Hyper-V provides the following benefits:
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Scalability and high performance by supporting features like guest multiprocessing support and 64-bit guest and host support
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Enhanced reliability and security through its hypervisor architecture
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Flexibility by supporting features like Live Migration of VMs and integration with System Center
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