{"id":12801,"date":"2012-06-12T17:01:06","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T16:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=12801"},"modified":"2012-06-12T17:01:06","modified_gmt":"2012-06-12T16:01:06","slug":"more-vmware-compete-wins-for-hyper-v","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=12801","title":{"rendered":"More VMware Compete Wins For Hyper-V"},"content":{"rendered":"

VMware made a cute video to defend themselves against Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V.\u00a0 But MSFT continues to hand out a GTA IV style baseball beat down at TechEd.<\/p>\n

This post would have been impossible without the tweeted pictures by David Davis<\/a> at http:\/\/www.vmwarevideos.com<\/a><\/p>\n

General Feature Comparison<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Does your business have an IT infrastructure so you can play, or to run applications?\u00a0 What features have you got to improve those services?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Capability<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nvSphere Free<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nvSphere 5.0 Ent +<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nWS2012 Hyper-V<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Incremental backups<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Inbox VM replication<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NIC teaming<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Integrated High Availability<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Guest OS Application Monitoring<\/td>\nN\/A<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Failover Prioritization<\/td>\nN\/A<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Affinity & Anti-Affinity Rules<\/td>\nN\/A<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cluster-Aware Updating<\/td>\nN\/A<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

So Hyper-V has more application integrations.<\/p>\n

Live Migration<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Capability<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nvSphere Free<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nvSphere 5.0 Ent +<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nWS2012 Hyper-V<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VM Live Migration<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1 GB Simultaneous Live Migrations<\/td>\nN\/A<\/td>\n4<\/td>\nUnlimited<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10 GB Simultaneous Live Migrations<\/td>\nN\/A<\/td>\n8<\/td>\nUnlimited<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Live Storage Migration<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shared Nothing Live Migration<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Network Virtualisation<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nPartner<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Shared-nothing Live Migration is actually a big deal.\u00a0 We know that 33% of business don\u2019t cluster their hosts, and another 33% have a mix of clustered and non-clustered hosts.\u00a0 Share-Nothing Live Migration enables mobility across these platforms.\u00a0 Flexibility is the #2 reason why people virtualise (see Network Virtualisation later on).<\/p>\n

Clustering<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Can you cluster hosts, and if so, how many?\u00a0 How many VMs can you put on a host cluster?\u00a0 Apps require uptime too, because VMs need to be patched, rebooted, and occasionally crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Capability<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nvSphere Free<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nvSphere 5.0 Ent +<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nWS2012 Hyper-V<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nodes\/Cluster<\/td>\nN\/A<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VMs\/Cluster<\/td>\nN\/A<\/td>\n3000<\/td>\n4000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Max Size iSCSI Guest Cluster<\/td>\nN\/A<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n64 Nodes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Max Size Fibre Channel Guest Cluster<\/td>\n2 Nodes<\/td>\n2 Nodes<\/td>\n64 Nodes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Max Size File Based Guest Cluster<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n64 Nodes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Guest Clustering with Live Migration Support<\/td>\nN\/A<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Guest Clustering with Dynamic Memory Support<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Based on this data, WS2012 Hyper-V is the superior platform for scalability and fault tolerance.<\/p>\n

Virtual Switches<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

In a cloud, the virtual switch plays a huge role.\u00a0 How do they stack up against each other?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Capability<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nvSphere Free<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nvSphere 5.0 Ent +<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nWS2012 Hyper-V<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Extensible Switch<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nReplaceable<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Confirmed partner extensions<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PVLAN<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ARP\/ND Spoofing Protection<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nvShield\/Partner<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DHCP Snooping Protection<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nvShield\/Partner<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Virtual Port ACLs<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nvShield\/Partner<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Trunk Mode to VMs<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Port Monitoring<\/td>\nPer Port Group<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Port Mirroring<\/td>\nPer Port Group<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Another win for WS 2012 Hyper-V.\u00a0 Note that vShield is an additional purchase on top of vSphere.\u00a0 Hyper-V is the clear feature winner in cloud networking.<\/p>\n

Network Optimisations<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Capability<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nvSphere Free<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nvSphere 5.0 Ent +<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nWS2012 Hyper-V<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dynamic Virtual Machine Queue (DVMQ)<\/td>\nNetQueue<\/td>\nnetQueue<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IPsec Task Offload<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SR-IOV<\/td>\nDirectPath I\/O<\/td>\nDirectPath I\/O<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Storage Encryption (CSV vs VMFS)<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n