Datasheet

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Control for Server Maintenance
VMware vMotion (w/
Enhanced Compatibility)
Quick Migration causes
downtime
XenMotion
Control for Storage Maintenance
VMware Enhanced Storage
VMotion
Nothing comparable Nothing comparable
Control for Resource Allocation
VMware DRS
Logical Resource Pool
Pro Tips has downtime
No logical pools
Third-party for DRS
No logical pools
Fault Tolerance for VMs
VMware Fault ToleranceNo VM-level protection
Promised feature hasn’t
shipped yet
Control during NIC Failure
Integrated NIC teaming
Relies on network vendor
to provide
Supported, but may
require CLI to configure
Control during Host or VM Failure
VMware HA
Up to 32 nodes
Only for host failure 1-VM-
per-LUN issue
Only for host failure
Up to 18 nodes
Control during Entire Site Failure
VMware Site Recovery
Manager
Geo-clustering has no
workflow, testing, audit
Nothing comparable
Thin Hypervisor to Reduce
Attack Surface
VMware ESXi
70-100MB disk footprint
Hyper-V w/ Server Core
>2 GB disk footprint
XenServer
1.8GB disk footprint
Better Security than Physical
VMware VMSafe API
Third-party support
Nothing comparable Nothing comparable
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Uncompromised Control
New capability in VMware vSphere
Note: Many improvements were also made to existing VI3 capabilities
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Comparison Tables
Hardware Scale Out
64 logical cores
512GB RAM
24 logical cores
1TB TAM
32 logical cores
128GB RAM
CPU Efficiency
CPU HW-assist or BT Virt-
specific scheduler
Requires HW-assist
Reuse gen-OS scheduler
Requires HW-assist for Win
Reuse gen-OS scheduler
Memory Efficiency
Memory HW-assist
Overcommit/sharing
Memory HW-assist
No overcommitment
Memory HW-assist
No overcommitment
Virtual Hardware (VM) Scale Out
8-way vCPU
255GM vRAM
4-way on Win08 only
64GB vRAM
8-way vCPU
32GB vRAM
Hot-add/remove Virtual Resources
Add: vCPU, vMem
Add: virtual disk
None
No hot-add CPU, mem
Add: virtual disk
Power Efficiency
DPM: Cluster-level power
management
No Cluster-level
management
No Cluster-level
management
Storage Usage Efficiency
Thin provisioning
monitoring tools
Thin disks, but no
monitoring tools
Only by way of third-party
storage vendor
Network Management Efficiency
Distributed switch
Third-party virtual switch
None None
Automated Patching Efficiency
Transparent host patch
Auto guest patching
Host patching causes VM
downtime
Host patching, but no
auto guest patching
Most Efficient
New capability in VMware vSphere
Note: Many improvements were also made to existing VI3 capabilities