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If possible, I want to be able to differentiate two physical boxes and VMware running sql server 2012
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If possible, I want to be able to differentiate two physical boxes and VMware running sql server 2012

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hancooka,<br />
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How can you contrast VMware pros and cons from sql server running on a physical hardware ?<br />
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Thank you
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hancooka,

How can you contrast VMware pros and cons from sql server running on a physical hardware ?

Thank you

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Please what's the pros and cons for both running SQL Server on VMware and Physical box?
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Please what's the pros and cons for both running SQL Server on VMware and Physical box?

SQL Server On VmWare or Physical Servers

Microsoft SQL Server is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.SQL Server is available in multiple versions, typically identified by release year, and versions are subdivided into editions to distinguish between product functionality. Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning.

Microsoft SQL Server

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.

VMware

The Microsoft Legacy Operating System topic includes legacy versions of Microsoft operating systems prior to Windows 2000: All versions of MS-DOS and other versions developed for specific manufacturers and Windows 3/3.1, Windows 95 and Windows 98, plus any other Windows-related versions, and Windows Mobile.