Well this is nothing new, we see this all the time, but today it really annoyed me.
During a lecture I participated in today with a Microsoft Partner at Microsoft offices in Israel today, one of the slides were comparing costs between VMware and Hyper-V.
Now Come on!!!!! - Where did they get these numbers? I guess that Microsoft think that people do not know how to compare technologies one to another.
| 1 Host - 4 guest VM's | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hyper-V | Vmware | |
| Windows 2008 Server | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| Hypervisor | - (Built-in) | $5,800 (3.5 Enterprise) |
| System Center | $1,500 | - |
| Virtual Center | - | $5,800 |
| Total | $4,000 | $14,100 |
- If you are only using one host - then why do you need Virtual Center?
- Let's say you need the functionality to deploy templates etc. - then you cannot get away with a Standalone License - but the Bundles are much cheaper than what was presented above.
- For one host - you will not need an Enterprise License ($5,800) - for the same features that Hyper-V provides - a Foundation license ($1,000) will be more than overkill - you will probably be able to get away with a ESX3i free license (if you do not need central management).
- Comparing System Center to Virtual Center is not accurate (and if I was to put it less diplomatically - pure nonsense!!!).