VMware’s vSphere and Microsoft’s Hyper-V are the two leading platforms for server virtualization. Although they provide similar features and functionality, the way they manage storage for virtual ...

Before we see how you can run Hyper-V, VirtualBox, and VMware on the same computer, we should first learn why incompatibility exists. Even though there is no direct way to run Hyper-V, VirtualBox, and ...

When it comes to Hyper-V and VMware storage, which is better: block- or file-based access? The rate of adoption of server virtualisation has accelerated over recent years, and virtual server workloads ...

I was just reading the tail end of this very long thread where Hyper-V in Windows Server 8 is being discussed: Sounds like there's a good deal of features here that are quite expensive if you go the ...

VMware has rolled out its first major new hypervisor platform in three years and introduces some features not yet in Hyper-V. Since the release of Windows Server 2012 R2, which included the third ...

I'm getting a new system with Windows 10 Home. I occasionally need to run virtual machines on the system. Simple things like spinning up a web server for web development, or running CentOS instances ...

[ Editor’s note: This article has been revised to underscore the fact that we tested VMware vSphere with vCenter Server but we tested Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V without System Center 2012, and ...

Ten years ago the argument over virtualization would have been a short one because VMware was the only game in town, but that early dominance is now being significantly challenged by Microsoft, Citrix ...

In Total Cost Comparison: VMware vSphere vs. Microsoft Hyper-V, learn why the total cost of ownership (TCO) is the ultimate measure to compare IT infrastructure platforms. TCO incorporates the ...

Since the release of Windows Server 2012 R2, which included the third generation of Hyper-V, the Microsoft hypervisor reached near parity with the vSphere virtualization platform from VMware Inc.