Confused about where Microsoft is taking their virtualization technology? Want to know the difference between what they offer today versus tomorrow? Tony Soper created a quick overview chart to see just that as he explains some of the differences between Microsoft's Virtual Server 2005 product and their future release of Windows Server Virtualization.
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Virtual Server 2005 R2 |
Windows Server virtualization |
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32-bit VMs? |
Yes |
Yes |
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64-bit VMs? |
No |
Yes |
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Multi-processor VMs? |
No |
Yes, up to 8 processor VMs |
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VM memory support? |
3.6 GB per VM |
More than 32 GB per VM |
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Hot add memory/processors? |
No |
Yes |
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Hot add storage/networking? |
No |
Yes |
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Can be managed by System Center Virtual Machine Manager? |
Yes |
Yes |
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Cluster support? |
Yes |
Yes |
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Scriptable/Extensible? |
Yes, COM |
Yes, WMI |
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Number of running VMs? |
64 |
More than 64. As many as hardware will allow. |
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User interface |
Web Interface |
MMC 3.0 Interface |
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