VMWare vs. Microsoft Virtualization

Dai Vu starts off by giving some compete information on Hyper-V versus VMware ESX and then gets more specific with comparing the latest version of System Center Virtualization Machine Manger 2008 (SCVMM) with VMware’s VirtualCenter (vCenter).

Here’s how the flow of the interview goes:

1:26 – Addressing areas where he thinks Microsoft’s server virtualization solution is behind in comparison to VMware

1:55 – SCVMM 2008 vs. VirtualCenter

· SCVMM platform supports VirtualCenter

· Microsoft PRO vs. VMware DRS (Performance and Resource Optimization vs Dynamic Resource Scheduler)

5:39 – Challenge and solution with PRO automated alerts and remedial actions

6:49 – Areas where he thinks VirtualCenter 2.5 is ahead of SCVMM 2008

7:34 – Future of SCVMM

3rd-party review of SCVMM 2008 with some comparisons to Virtual Center

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