Virtualization Cost Savings
In the "In the Trenches" blog this week, Kevin Devin asked the question "How much would one save if they rolled out Virtualization on a Windows 2003 Datacenter Server?" Kevin references James O'Neill's blog on the subject and asks if there would be a savings or not.
I think there would be a savings on all licensing cost associated with the Microsoft based Virtual Servers that will be running on the Windows 2003 Datacenter server. There would also be a cost savings if you choose Microsoft Virtual Server over VMWARE ESX Server. In my opinion, VMWARE's ESX server is more mature and more stable than Microsoft Virtual Server, however it is expensive. Microsoft realizes this and is trying to buy market share by forgoing their licensing costs on servers running Windows 2003 Datacenter.
VMWARE is in the lead now, however Microsoft has shown us that they do a good job of playing catch-up, so if they can stabilize the Microsoft Virtual Server product and continue to forgo Microsoft Licensing cost, then this could be an attractive option.
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