Hyper-V 2012R2 vs. vSphere 5.5

Now that both Microsoft and VMware have officially announced the new released of their virtualization products it’s possible make an homogenous comparison between Hyper-V 2012 R2 (the fourth generation of Hyper-V) and vSphere 5.5.

VMware vSphere 5.5 introduces several news and scalability improvements, on the other side Microsoft Hyper-V 2012 R2 consolidate its features and improve what was already existing in the 2012 version, with a limited (but significant) new features. For example now, finally, some VMware old date features are mainstream also in Hyper-V, like VM hot cloning, hot disk resize (in this case also with the possibility to reduce the size).

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System Center 2012 – VMM networking Poster

I was surfing the web. I found a nice poste about virtualization and its infrastructure. I think it is interesting to see the poster.

The issue of networking in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 SP1 is more complex and offers several features so it is classified first. Microsoft has now released a poster that summarizes the most important information.

This poster for Virtual Machine Manager Networking helps …

  • … In planning the networks with the use of VMM VM Networks, Logical Networks and Logical Switches with different configurations as …

    … When configuring networks in VMM by taking the necessary steps for Fabric Administrator and / or tenant administrator are described;

    • VLAN-based configuration;
    • No insulation;
    • Network Virtualization;
    • Use external networks;
    • No Virtual Networking.
  • To understand the … Network Object Model and the corresponding links between the objects;
  • .. To understand how VMM can be extended with 3rd party plug-ins.

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VMM_Networking_Poster.pdf (1.2 MB)

10 Amazing Uses of Cloud Computing!

Cloud computing is one of the most promising technologies in the modern day world. Several companies have already popped in the cloud market and achieved desired goals they planned for their business’s expansion. To add more to cloud’s importance in the growing IT industry let us check on some of its uses and benefits that it offers to its users. Continue reading “10 Amazing Uses of Cloud Computing!”