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Solutions for Windows ServerSolutions for Windows Server®® VirtualizationVirtualization

AgendaAgenda

Server Virtualization with HP ServersServer Virtualization with HP Servers

Sizing, Deployment, and Management Sizing, Deployment, and Management of Virtual Machinesof Virtual Machines

Virtual Machine Lifecycle Development Virtual Machine Lifecycle Development and Managementand Management

What Is Server What Is Server Virtualization?Virtualization? Server Virtualization

Server virtualization uses software to partition a physical server. Virtualization allows a single server to support multiple logical servers or virtual machines.

What is Hyper-V™? Server role included with Windows Server® 2008 that enables

hypervisor-driven virtualization

Hardware-specific requirements (AMD-V and Intel-VT)

Why Virtualize?Why Virtualize?

More workloads on fewer servers for higher

utilization

Fewer physical servers save power and reduce management time

Workloads can be moved between servers to optimize performance

and reduce downtime

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Reduce hard dependencies between infrastructure

domains

100%

80%

60%

40%

20%

0%

Utilization

Server TrendsServer Trends

HardwareMoving to multi-core

Total cost of ownership (TCO) is key, power draw is critical

Criteria: price, power, and performance

Consider containers

Virtualization and utilizationUsing every server at optimal capacity

Monitor, measure, and manage

100%

80%

60%

40%

20%

0%

Utilization

Hyper-V ArchitectureHyper-V Architecture

Windows Server 2008

VSP

VSP

Windows Kernel

Applications

Applications

Applications

Non-Hypervisor

Aware Operating

System

Windows Server 2003,

2008

Windows Kernel VS

C

VMBus

VMBus

Emulation

Emulation

“Designed for Windows” Server Hardware

Windows hypervisor

Xen-Enabled

Linux KernelLinux

VSCLinux VSC

Hypercall Adapter

Hypercall Adapter

Parent Partition

Child Partitions

VMMSVMMS

WMI Provider

WMI Provider

VM Worker

Processes

Operating System

ISV / IHV / OEM

Microsoft Hyper-V

Microsoft / Citrix

User Mode

Kernel Mode

Provided by:

Ring -1

IHV Driver

s

VMBus

VMBus

VMBus

VMBus

Applications

Systems SupportSystems Support

Windows VersionCPU

ArchitectureMax.

CPUs*

Physical Memory

(32-bit / 64-bit)Server Core Hyper-V

Virtual guest

instances per license

x86/x64 4 4G / 32GB - -

x86/x64 4 4G / 32GB (x64)** 1

x86/x64 8 64GB / 2TB (x64) 4

x86/x64 64 64GB / 2TB (x64) unlimited

IA64 64 2TB - - unlimited

Web Server

Standard

Enterprise

Datacenter

For Itanium-Based Systems

* Max Nr. of total cores = 64 / * * Standard Edition does not support Clustering Hyper-V hosts

Guest OS Version # Processors Guest OS Version # Processors

Windows Server 2008 x64, x86, (Std, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web) 1, 2, or 4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10

SP1 or SP2 x64, x86 Editions 1

Windows Server 2008 HPC Edition 1, 2, or 4 Windows Vista x64,x86

(Business, Enterprise, Ultimate) 1 or 2

Windows Server 2003 x64, x86, (Std, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web) 1 or 2 Windows XP Professional x64

(SP2), x86 (SP3) 1 or 2

Microsoft server software and supported virtualization environments: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957006/en-us

VM Lifecycle Development and VM Lifecycle Development and ManagementManagementDeployment of virtual machines alone is not a solutionDeployment of virtual machines alone is not a solution• IT organizations failing to "operationalize" their approach toward

virtual server investments should expect their TCO, as well as exposure, to significantly increase, not decrease!

• Virtual machines help you to recover from your mistakes… but not necessarily in preventing them!

Source: Gartner, Inc. “The Impact of Server Virtualization on IT Operations Processes and Organizations” by Cameron Haight, June 2008

19%

11%

3%

5%3%

55%

4%How has virtual server technology affected staffing to server/workload ratios?

•Depends upon environment• Application• Test vs. production• Skills maturity• Standard builds• Automation

•Other areas need to be considered:• SAN / Storage admins• Network admins

2x

< 2x

4x3x

>4x

Other

No change

VM Lifecycle Development and VM Lifecycle Development and Management Management

Configuration management is essential for virtualization

Change and release management neededto control virtual machine sprawl

Problem / Bug tracking is vital to prevent widespread virtual machine problems (especially when using parent/child virtual machines)

Performance and capacity management to ensure that performance is real and sustained

For large deployments, consider creating a “VM Factory” (a server-based development environment to create/develop/maintain virtual machines)

Develop a Virtualization Strategy to mitigate these issues. See the document at: http://h30424.www3.hp.com/index.html?bpKey=Virtualization_Content_Menu&pfVid=25

Define/Design

Develop/Test

Deploy / PilotTest

Manage/Revise

VM lifecycle is much like an application lifecycle

High High utilization and utilization and

high I/Ohigh I/O

>25% >25% utilization utilization

and and exceptionsexceptions

15-20% 15-20% utilizationutilization

ERP / LOB high utilization

Terminal Servers, Citrix, other thin client workloads

File / Print Servers

E-mail or E-mail or Messaging Messaging

ServersServers

BI /Cognos workloads of

mid-to-low utilization

Directory Services, Domain Controllers

Database Database ServersServers

SharePoint servers w/mid-to-low

utilization

Gateways, controllers ,

Firewall Servers

Heavily consolidated servers

Security Servers w/mid-to-low utilizations

Portals, Web/J2EE Web Servers

Which Applications Should Be Virtual?Which Applications Should Be Virtual?

Review virtualization opportunities

Develop a checklist for virtualization requirements and criteria

Use a proof of concept (POC) / Pilot environment

Monitor and manage virtual machine hosts to ensure requirements are met

Consolidate applications in a virtual machine that doesn’t use the same system resources or isolate them in separate virtual machines

Measure and test before and after deployments and migrations, both host and guests

Design virtual servers to meet your

requirements

Test / verify

Pilot

Production

Deploy, manage, and optimize

Source: Gartner, Inc. “The Impact of Server Virtualization on IT Operations Processes and Organizations” by Cameron Haight, June 2008

Which Applications ?

Use the information from Perfmon and other tools to measure the individual application utilization:

CPU Utilization (%) – average and peak CPU utilizations on the physical server

RAM Usage (MB) – This is the average and peak amount of RAM (in MB) used by the physical server

Disk (IOPS) –average and maximum disk I/O operations per second

Network (MBps) –average and maximum network throughput values (in MBps)

What and How to Measure?: What and How to Measure?: Pre-Virtual machine physical server Pre-Virtual machine physical server

measurements:measurements:

Disk Subsystem

Network

Processor

Memory

Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition EE/DTC, Server Core Installation (Microsoft recommendation)

− Refer to list of supported operating systems for blade servers

− http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/cache/458915-0-0-0-121.html

Quad processor/Quad-Core (16 cores) AMD-V or Intel VT− Current Blade servers support quad-core processors with hardware virtualization

Memory: 2 GB per core minimum (32 GB)

− 4 GB per core recommended (64 GB)

Storage

− 4 Gb Fibre Channel

− iSCSI dedicated data network

Networking

− 1 Gb/E NIC (onboard) for virtual management/cluster heartbeat/migration

− Separate NIC for virtual machines (Quad-port Gb/E recommended)

HP BladeSystem c3000HP BladeSystem c7000

See the many choices for host servers at: hp.com/servers

““Virtual Machine Factory”Virtual Machine Factory”Conceptual environment for virtual machine development and maintenance Microsoft® System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM), Microsoft® System Center

Operations Manager, and HP Insight Dynamics for Management Servers

HP Integrated Hypervisors and Microsoft Hyper-V Server host machines for all virtualization environments

Microsoft® Visual Studio® Team System for collaborative script/software and virtual machine development

Database/File VM Hosts Management

HP BladeSystemHP BladeSystemVirtual Machine FactoryVirtual Machine Factory

Visual Studio Team SystemCollaborative Development, Version Control, Bug Tracking, etc. (3 servers)Windows Server 2008 File / Print

Server

Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services

HP’s Integrated HypervisorHP’s Integrated Hypervisor

Test, Pilot, Production db servers

SAN Storage

XenserverXenserver

and HP Insight Control / HP Insight Dynamics

NOTE: ProLiant BL495c Server Blades are recommended for the VM hosts, and other ProLiant Server Blade models can be used for the rest of the servers

HP and Microsoft Deliver, TogetherHP and Microsoft Deliver, Together

Breadth of Systems/Application Management

Server/client, operating system, application,services

Manages across hardware vendors

IT service management orientation

Tuned for Windows and Microsoft applications

Depth of hardware management

Remote control from any location

Power measurement and control

HP-specific warranty reporting

Tuned for HP platforms running any

operating system

HP Insight Control

HP BladeSystem c3000

HP BladeSystem c7000

HP Systems Insight Manager

and ILO2

HP Insight Control Extends and HP Insight Control Extends and Complements Microsoft System Complements Microsoft System CenterCenter

Detailed HW Alerting

ProLiant Inventoryand SW Update

PowerfulRemote Control

Warranty Reporting

Power Management

ServerMigration

Insight Control EXTENDS System Center

Insight ControlCOMPLEMENTS

Microsoft® System Center

HP ServerManagement

BladeSystem Onboard Administrator

HP Insight Control Environment

HP System Insight Manager

HP Essentials Virtual Machine Management

For further information on HP Insight Control, see IDC White Paper sponsored by HP, Gaining Business Value and ROI with HP Insight Control, 210479, February 2008

System CenterSystem CenterVirtual Machine ManagerVirtual Machine Manager Maximize Resources

Centralized virtual machine deployment and management

Intelligent placement of virtual machines Fast and reliable P2V and V2V conversion Comprehensive service-level enterprise monitoring

with Operations Manager Increase Agility

Rapid provisioning of new and virtual machines with templates and profiles

Centralized library of infrastructure components Leverage and extend existing storage infrastructure Allow for delegated management of virtual machines

Leverage Skills Familiar interface, common foundation Monitor physical and virtual machines from one

console Fully scriptable using Windows PowerShell™

Server Core Management Server Core Management UI UI Management Console

Basic ‘in-box’ user interface

Sends commands and control to Virtualization Stack via Windows® Management Instrumentation (WMI)

Provides remote management for core

VMConnect

Remote Control UI for virtual machines using Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)

Provides virtual machine and configuration interfaces

HP Management PacksHP Management Packshttp://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/integration/ms_integration.html

HP Certified SystemsHP Certified Systemswww.hp.com/go/ossupport

Integration White PaperFor more information on supported ProLiant servers and specific configuration requirements for Hyper-V, please see:http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01516156/c01516156.pdf

Site Info is Updated

Frequently

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Frequently

HP’s Server OS Support Matrix

HP ProLiant Servers: HP ProLiant Servers: Designed for Virtualization

Memory (design for per Core scalability)

• 128 GB (32sockets)

I/O Bandwidth (design for per instance scalability)

• 9 slots x4, x8 x16

Network ports (design for multiple network paths)

Management for Virtual Environments• SIM Virtual-enabled• Virtual Machine Management Pack• iLO (Lights out is Fundamental)

Power and Cooling• Power management and

capping at rack, data center

Reliability

• Redundancy throughout

• Memory Protection and Resilience

• Automated Monitoring

HP BladeSystem Components HP BladeSystem Components for Virtualization Platformsfor Virtualization Platforms

Ready for Hyper-V Deployment

CPU: 2-way, 4-way support, Quad-Core AMD-V, Intel-VTSupport for Windows Server 2008

Storage Blades

Server Blades

And a Broad Portfolio of Interconnects for LAN, SAN, and Scale-out Clusters

C-Class Enclosures A Full Range of Server and Storage Blades

HP Virtual ConnectModules

Ethernet NICs

SAN Interconnects

Fibre ChannelHBAs

LAN Interconnects

The world’s first blade designed for The world’s first blade designed for virtualization workloadsvirtualization workloads

• Ideal CPU, memory, I/O, and storage configurationIdeal CPU, memory, I/O, and storage configuration• Support for integrated hypervisors (Citrix)Support for integrated hypervisors (Citrix)

HP ProLiant BL495c G5HP ProLiant BL495c G5BL495c G5 BL495c G5

ProcessorProcessor Up to two Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ 2300 Series processors

MemoryMemoryPC2-5300 Registered DDR2 (667 MHz)16 DIMM Sockets128 GB max (with 8 GB DIMMs)

Internal Internal StorageStorage

2 NHP SATA SSDNo spinning media

NetworkingNetworking 2 integrated Multifunction 1 Gb NICsAdditional NICs via mezzanine card

Mezzanine Mezzanine SlotsSlots 2 PCIe mezzanine expansion slots

ManagemeManagementnt

Integrated Lights Out 2 Standard Blade Edition

DensityDensity 16 server blades in 10U enclosure8 server blades in 6U enclosure

September 2008

September 2008

2 CPUs

DDR2 667 MHz

Quad-Core

16 DIMM Slots

DDR2 667 MHz

Optional SATA SSDs

Two Mezzanine Slots

•One x4•One x8

Embedded 1Gb Ethernet

Multi-Function, Dual- Port NICs

HP ProLiant BL495c G5-HP ProLiant BL495c G5-basedbased

Server Virtualization Farm Server Virtualization Farm

SANSANReady

Ready

Xenserver

Dynamic Data Center Self Managed/Monitoring

Self Healing

Process Automation

Business Continuity Minimize cost to

implement

Flexibility (many:one)

Simplicity

Hyper-V Virtualization Hyper-V Virtualization ScenariosScenarios Server Consolidation

Increase utilization

Reduce footprint

Easily move workloads

Hardware agnostic

Test and Development Easy to automate

Easy to deploy

Easy to provision

Use Case: Server ConsolidationUse Case: Server ConsolidationConsolidate workloads for better utilization, reduce power/cooling req.Consolidate workloads for better utilization, reduce power/cooling req.

Physical servers are consolidated as virtual servers onto fewer physical hosts and utilize physical server resources more efficiently Benefits

Cost-effective mapping of virtual machines

Increase utilization, reduce footprint

Lower power and cooling expenses

Problem: Need consolidate workloads and achieve

maximum server utilization

Solution

0 100%

0 100%

0 100%

0 100%

% of utilization

% of utilization

% of utilization

% of utilization

Search Server at 25% utilization

Web Server at 25% utilization

Database Server at 25% utilization Consolidation Server

running

Use Case: Server ConsolidationUse Case: Server ConsolidationServer Virtualization Farm for Service Delivery

Consolidate servers that typically scale out, such as Web servers, in an architecture that supports load balancing of client loads

Physical servers are consolidated as virtual servers onto fewer physical hosts and utilize physical server resources more efficiently

Benefits Cost-effective mapping of virtual

machines

Increase utilization, reduce footprint

Easily move workloads, hardware agnostic

Problem: Need consolidate workloads and achieve

maximum server utilization

Solution

HP BladeSystem

VM VM VM VM VM VMVM VM

1:1 connections

VM VM VM VM VM VMVM

Dynamic connectionsRemote

Connections

HP StorageWorksEVA 6000

RemoteConnections

Other applications

VM

Use Case: Test and Development InfrastructureUse Case: Test and Development Infrastructure Move from virtual to physical or virtual to virtualMove from virtual to physical or virtual to virtual

Tune and configure the test server stack as usual

When ready to deploy in production, use HP Server Migration Pack (SMP) to convert from virtual to physical

Steps saved: re-create the server (operating system, patches, applications) on the physical server and move any data Benefits

Accelerate time to production by quickly moving from a virtual to physical environment

Solution

Problem: Customer wants to test and develop on virtual

machines and deploy on physical Development and Testor Pilot Servers

Production Servers

HP BladeSystem c3000 enclosure

V2P or move to a production VM host .

Virtual machines


HP SIM receives ProLiant pre-failure hardware alerts

HP SIM integrates with Microsoft System Center and Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) will support quick migration

VMM, using quick migration, moves virtual machine before server failure or maintenance

Use Case: Automated Server Failover Use Case: Automated Server Failover Preventing downtime with pre-failure alertsPreventing downtime with pre-failure alerts

Solution

Benefits Automated service migration

Higher quality of service with lower risk

Fast and affordable high availability for non-mission-critical applications

Problem: Need to increase availability of servers

Resource Pool

Use Case: High Availability Use Case: High Availability

2-node Microsoft cluster

Storage is replicated in real time using HP StorageWorks Continuous Access EVA Software

Microsoft cluster automatically fails over virtual machine

HP SIM works in conjunction with Microsoft System Center to monitor system performance and health

Benefits No single point of failure

Automatic and fast failover of virtual machines with minimal down time

Solution

Problem: Need virtual machine failover in case of system failure

Hyper-V – Virtual Machines

HP StorageWorks

EVA Array

Hyper-V Host Servers

Microsoft Cluster with HP Business Continuous AccessData is replicated in real time using HP StorageWorks

Continuous Access EVA Software Data is replicated in real time using HP StorageWorks

Continuous Access EVA Software

HP StorageWorksEVA Array


Main Office HP BladeSystem c3000 enclosure

Use Case: Disaster RecoveryUse Case: Disaster RecoveryExample deployment scenario: Cross-Hosted Disaster Recovery

Midsize company with cross-hosted production and disaster recovery (DR) resources

HP StorageWorks SB600c Storage Blades for iSCSI SAN and Windows® file server (NAS)

Windows Server virtualization with 5 virtual machines on DR targetsBranch OfficeHP BladeSystem c3000 enclosure

IP network

Virtual machinesMain Office

Disaster Recovery Servers

Production Servers

Virtual machinesBranch OfficeDisaster Recovery Servers

Main Office Production Servers

Main Office Branch Office Storage

HP Solutions for Hyper-V ServerHP Solutions for Hyper-V Server

1 VM

Query Server

Role

Index ServerRoleSQL

Server

HP ProLiant DL380 G5 with HP ProLiant DL380 G5 with MSA50MSA50

WFE Server Role

Basic Farm:Basic Farm: Max Users: 300Max Users: 300Virtual Machine: WFE (“Web front end”) / Query and

Index Server Roles 4 Virtual CPUs 3 GBs of RAM 2 Disk RAID1 (OS Volume)

Physical Server: Hosting Hyper-V Server and Microsoft® SQL Server®

2 Quad-Core processors 16 GBs of RAM 4 SAS disk drives (Internal) 10 SAS disk drives (External)

Storage Array: SQL Storage Capacity 730 GB (RAID0+1)

QuantitQuantityy

Part NumberPart Number DescriptionDescription

1 458561-001 HP DL380R05 X5460 4G Perf US Svr

4 397413-B21 HP 4 GB FBD PC2-5300 2x2 GB Kit

4 418371-B21 HP 72 GB 15k SAS 2.5 HP DP HDD

1 337972-B21 HP Smart Array P600 Controller

10 431958-B21 HP 146 GB 3G SAS 10K SFF SP HDD

1 364430-B21HP StorageWorks 50 Modular Smart Array Enclosure

1 389668-B21 HP External SAS Cable – 2m

www.hp.com/solutions/activeanswers/sharepointwww.hp.com/solutions/activeanswers/sizers

Small Farm:Small Farm: Max Users: 600Max Users: 600Virtual Machine #1: WFE / Query Server Roles

4 Virtual CPUs 3 GBs of RAM 2 Disk RAID1 (OS Volume)

Virtual Machine #2: WFE / Query Server Roles 4 Virtual CPUs 3 GBs of RAM 2 Disk RAID1 (OS Volume)

Virtual Machine #3: Index Server 2 Virtual CPUs 3 GBs of RAM 2 Disk RAID1 (OS Volume)

Physical Server: Hosting Hyper-V and SQL Server 4 Quad-Core processors 24 GBs of RAM 8 SAS disk drives (Internal) 10 SAS disk drives (External)

SQL Storage Capacity:

584 GB (RAID0+1) SQL “Hot Volume”

1022 GB (RAID5) SQL “Cold Volume”

QuantitQuantityy

Part Part NumberNumber DescriptionDescription

1 451993-001HP DL580G5 2.93 130W 4P 8G US Svr

4 397413-B21 HP 4 GB FBD PC2-5300 2x2 GB Kit

1 452180-B21 HP DL580G5 SAS Option Kit

1 411064-B21 HP Smart Array P400/512 Controller

8 418371-B21 HP 72GB 15k SAS 2.5 HP DP HDD

1 337972-B21 HP Smart Array P600 Controller

16 431958-B21HP 146 GB 3G SAS 10K SFF SP HDD

1 364430-B21HP StorageWorks 50 Modular Smart Array Enclosure

1 389668-B21 HP External SAS Cable – 2m

HP ProLiant DL380 G5 with HP ProLiant DL380 G5 with MSA50MSA50

HP Solutions for Hyper-V ServerHP Solutions for Hyper-V ServerVM #1 VM #2 VM #3

Index ServerWFE & Query

Server Roles

WFE & Query Server Roles

SQL Server

WFE & Query

Server Roles

Virtual Machine #1:

WFE / Query Server Role 4 Virtual CPUs 3 GBs of RAM 2 Disk RAID1 (OS Volume)

Virtual Machine #2:


Virtual Machine #3:


Physical Server: Hosting Hyper-V WFE / Query Server

4 Quad-Core processors 12 GBs of RAM 8 SAS disk drives (Internal)

HP ProLiant DL580 G5HP ProLiant DL580 G5 HP ProLiant DL380 G5 w/MSA70HP ProLiant DL380 G5 w/MSA70

Virtual Machine #1:

Index Server 2 Virtual CPUs 3 GBs of RAM 2 Disk RAID1 (OS Volume)

Physical Server: Hosting Hyper-V and SQL Server 2 Quad-Core processors 12 GBs of RAM 4 SAS disk drives (Internal) 25 SAS disk drives (External)

Storage Array: SQL Storage Capacity: 584 GB (RAID0+1) SQL “Hot

Volume 1” 584 GB (RAID0+1) SQL “Hot

Volume 2” 1022 GB (RAID5) SQL “Cold

Volume”

Medium Medium Farm:Farm:

Max Users: Max Users: 10001000

HP Solutions for Hyper-V ServerHP Solutions for Hyper-V Server

VM #1 VM #2 VM #3Index Server

VM SQL Server

WFE and Query Server Roles

HP’s Windows Server Virtualization SizerHP’s Windows Server Virtualization Sizer

CPU

0 – 2.4GH

z

CPU

1 – 2.4GH

zApp. A

10% Util.

Overhead

App. B5% Util.

Overhead

Input your current system configurations and workloads into the Web-based sizer

at: http://h71019.www7.hp.com/

ActiveAnswers/cache/106082-0-0-225-121.html

The sizer computes equivalent utilization for

newer processors and factors in overhead

The sizer outputs recommendations on which applications to share and a

complete order list

HP ProLiant Virtualization Sizer

HP ActiveAnswers SiteHP ActiveAnswers Site

A source for technical guidance that includes:

Reference configurationsPerformance characterization

and test resultsWhite papers with best practices

methodologyTools

System Configurators Capacity Planners Sizers:

Tools and sizers for Microsoft® Exchange, Microsoft® SQL Server®, Microsoft® SharePoint® Products and Technologies, etc.

Storage Planning Calculators, Consolidation Planners

For more info on sizers see:For more info on sizers see:

http://www.hp.com/go/activeanswers/sizershttp://www.hp.com/go/activeanswers/sizers

http://www.hp.com/go/activeanswers

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Free Memory with Select HP Servers and BladeSystems

Receive 8 GB additional memory FREE with the purchase of select HP ProLiant Servers and BladeSystems (HP 4 GB REG PC2-5300 2x2GB 2Rank Memory)

Not installed Offered until October 31, 2008 www.hp.com/go/smb

Product ComparisonProduct ComparisonFeatureFeature VS2005R2SPVS2005R2SP

11

VI3VI3x64 CPUs - Host 32 physical 16 logical 32 logical

x64 Host Memory 256 GB 2 TB 64 GB

Virtual Machine Memory Support 3.6 GB 64 GB 16 GB

Memory over-commit, page sharing, ballooning

No Future Yes

64-bit x86VMs No Yes Yes

SMP VMs No 4-way 4-way

Disk Format VHD VHD, pass-through VMFS, pass-through

Hot add CPU/memory/NIC/disk No Future Storage

Quick migration Yes Yes Yes

Live migration No Future - SCVMM VMotion

Concurrent shared disk in cluster No No Yes

System Center VMM Yes Yes Virtual Center

Scripting Interface COM WMI Proprietary

User Interface Web MMC 3.0 Web

Cost Free download Included in license of Windows 2008

$5,750 per 2 CPU (approximately)

HP Virtualization Solutions for Hyper-V HP Virtualization Solutions for Hyper-V PlatformPlatform

Model BL460c BL465c G5 BL480c BL680c G5 BL685c G5

Processors

(dual-core)

2-socket dual/quad-core Intel Xeon

2-socket Quad-Core AMD Opteron 2300 Series

2-socket dual/quad-core Intel Xeon

4-socket Quad-coreQuad-core Intel Xeon 7300 series

4-socket Quad-CoreQuad-Core AMD Opteron 8300 Series

Memory

(with 4 GB DIMMs)

FB DIMM 667 MHz (8) DIMMs / 64 GB

PC2-5300667 MHz(8) DIMMs / 64 GB

FB DIMM 667 MHz (12) DIMMs / 48 GB

FB DIMM 667 MHz(16) DIMMs / 128 GB128 GB

DDR2 667 MHz(16) DIMMs / 64 GB64 GB

Management iLO 2 Standard Blade Edition

iLO 2 Standard Blade Edition

iLO 2 Standard Blade Edition

iLO 2 StandardBlade Edition

iLO 2 StandardBlade Edition

Internal HP Storage (2) SFF SAS bays (2) SFF SAS bays (4) SFF SAS bays (2) SFF SAS bays (2) SFF SAS bays

RAID RAID 0/1 controller w/ BBWC option

RAID 0/1 controller w/ BBWC option

RAID 0/1/5 controller w/ BBWC option



NICs (2) GbE/2.5GbE mf NICs (2) GbE mf NICs

(2) GbE/2.5GbE mf NICs

(2) GbE NICs


(2) GbE NICs


(2) GbE NICs

Mezzanine slots 2 2 3 33 33

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