Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 disponible en téléchargement GRATUIT

C’est RTM et disponible gratuitement pour tous !!

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Présentation

Microsoft® Hyper-V™ Server 2008 R2 is a stand-alone product that provides a reliable and optimized virtualization solution enabling organizations to improve server utilization and reduce costs. With the addition of new features such as live migration and expanded processor and memory support for host systems, it allows organizations to consolidate workloads onto a single physical server and is a good solution for organizations who are consolidating servers as well as for development and test environments.

By having the ability to plug into existing IT infrastructures Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 enables companies to reduce costs, improve utilization and provision new servers. It allows IT professionals to leverage existing patching, provisioning, management and support tools and processes. IT Professionals can continue to leverage their individual skills and the collective knowledge of Microsoft tools, minimizing the learning curve to manage Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2. In addition, with Microsoft providing comprehensive support for Microsoft applications and heterogeneous guest operating systems support, customers can virtualize with confidence and peace of mind.

 

Quoi de neuf avec Hyper-V 2008 R2 !!

 

With Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2, customers get increased availability with support for planned and unplanned downtime scenarios with live migration and host clustering support. All of these features are available at no additional charge and enables customers to deploy cost-effective virtualization compared to competitive offerings.

• Available as a free download

• Support for live migration for “zero downtime” planned migrations

• Support for host clustering for unplanned downtime protection

• Lower total cost of ownership compared to VMware ESX 3i

• Improved scalability with support for 1 TB host memory and up to 8 sockets

 

Here is a list of the features in Hyper-V Server 2008 R2

 

The following table showcases specific scenarios where Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 should be used:

Pour compléter une petite comparaison avec Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008

 

Comparing Hyper-V Server V1 vs. V2

	Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008	Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2
Physical processor support	Up to 4 processors	Up to 8 processors
Logical processor support	Up to 16	Up to 64
Physical memory support	Up to 32 GB	Up to 1 TB
Live migration	No	Yes
High availability	No	Yes
Management options	Hyper-V MMC, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008/R2	Remote Server Administration Tool (Free), Windows Server 2008 R2, System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2