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Almost 7 years ago

Answered a question: What is the biggest difference between KVM and vSphere?

No experience with KVM. I am of the opinion that a company with millions in revenue should consider what does it cost to save a few dollars. Availability of administration, ability to get rapid support for a mainstay product and reliability of the company supporting must be…

Almost 10 years ago

Commented on We were able to use ESXi to centralize the server farm. I recommend documenting everything.

We have used MS-SQL server VM's for 4 years without incident. I HIGHLY recommend full flash SAN with 10 GbE ISCSI connectivity if speed is an issue. Curious why you say the Hyper-V is more suitable?

About 10 years ago

Contributed a review of VMware vSphere: Exponentially easier to manage servers, but plan for more storage than you think.

About 10 years ago

Answered a question: VMware ESXi or VMware Workstation?

Two entirely different systems. Assuming you are running ESXi on a server, you have the full capability of the server hardware to run the VM. In VMware workstation, it is a program running on top of windows that then runs the VM. ESXi only a light overhead + additional…