Comments on: VMware first hypervisor to be validated for MS-SVVP before VMworld http://www.gabesvirtualworld.com/vmware-validated-for-ms-svvp-before-vmworld/ Your P.I. on virtualization Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: VMware ESX 3.5 U2 Validated via SVVP - blog.scottlowe.org - The weblog of an IT pro specializing in virtualization, storage, and servers http://www.gabesvirtualworld.com/vmware-validated-for-ms-svvp-before-vmworld/#comment-113 VMware ESX 3.5 U2 Validated via SVVP - blog.scottlowe.org - The weblog of an IT pro specializing in virtualization, storage, and servers Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:40:48 +0000 http://www.gabesvirtualworld.com/?p=79#comment-113 [...] hypervisor to be validated under SVVP, as I alluded in a previous Virtualization Short Take (with due credit to Gabe as [...] [...] hypervisor to be validated under SVVP, as I alluded in a previous Virtualization Short Take (with due credit to Gabe as [...]

]]> By: Virtualization Short Take #17 - blog.scottlowe.org - The weblog of an IT pro specializing in virtualization, storage, and servers http://www.gabesvirtualworld.com/vmware-validated-for-ms-svvp-before-vmworld/#comment-112 Virtualization Short Take #17 - blog.scottlowe.org - The weblog of an IT pro specializing in virtualization, storage, and servers Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:13:27 +0000 http://www.gabesvirtualworld.com/?p=79#comment-112 [...] VMware ESX/ESXi 3.5 Update 2 be the first hypervisor validated under the SVVP? Gabe posts some information on his site to that effect, indicating that VMware expects to announce [...] [...] VMware ESX/ESXi 3.5 Update 2 be the first hypervisor validated under the SVVP? Gabe posts some information on his site to that effect, indicating that VMware expects to announce [...]

]]> By: Matt McSpirit http://www.gabesvirtualworld.com/vmware-validated-for-ms-svvp-before-vmworld/#comment-111 Matt McSpirit Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:38:14 +0000 http://www.gabesvirtualworld.com/?p=79#comment-111 Great post - it's great to see VMware getting through the SVVP process so quickly, after all, it's both VMware's and Microsoft's customers that will benefit! One thing to note - in a lot of instances, Datacenter edition can actually work out cheaper - if you have 2 CPU box, each with quad-core CPUs, with Enterprise edition, that's going to set you back $3999 (retail), but that only gives you 4 free running VMs. Datacenter, however, would cost $2999 per CPU (retail), which would mean a total of $5998, so yes, more expensive, but it gives you, as you state, an unlimited number of free running VMs, so what if you want a consolidation ratio of more than 4:1? If you were indeed looking at getting 8:1 on that same box, using Enterprise licensing would cost you $3999 * 2, or $7998, whereas the price for Datacenter wouldn't change, in which case, Datacenter works out cheaper. In other words, it all depends on Physical CPUs and consolidation ratios :-) Great post – it’s great to see VMware getting through the SVVP process so quickly, after all, it’s both VMware’s and Microsoft’s customers that will benefit!

One thing to note – in a lot of instances, Datacenter edition can actually work out cheaper – if you have 2 CPU box, each with quad-core CPUs, with Enterprise edition, that’s going to set you back $3999 (retail), but that only gives you 4 free running VMs. Datacenter, however, would cost $2999 per CPU (retail), which would mean a total of $5998, so yes, more expensive, but it gives you, as you state, an unlimited number of free running VMs, so what if you want a consolidation ratio of more than 4:1? If you were indeed looking at getting 8:1 on that same box, using Enterprise licensing would cost you $3999 * 2, or $7998, whereas the price for Datacenter wouldn’t change, in which case, Datacenter works out cheaper.

In other words, it all depends on Physical CPUs and consolidation ratios :-)

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