asked on Windows Hyper-V or VMware Workstation for test lab creation on the laptop ?
Hi People,
Can anyone please suggest me which product is suitable to deploy multiple Windows Server 2012 VM to simulate Exchange Server 2013 and Share Point Server 2013 interaction ?
At the moment I have Windows 8.1 Laptop with 8 GB RAM and 256 GB SSD, I wonder if deploying it over the free building Hyper-V can be a good option in terms of speed and performance or should I use VMware workstation instead ?
Any kind of suggestion would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Can anyone please suggest me which product is suitable to deploy multiple Windows Server 2012 VM to simulate Exchange Server 2013 and Share Point Server 2013 interaction ?
At the moment I have Windows 8.1 Laptop with 8 GB RAM and 256 GB SSD, I wonder if deploying it over the free building Hyper-V can be a good option in terms of speed and performance or should I use VMware workstation instead ?
Any kind of suggestion would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
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Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)
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Hancock,
Thanks for the explanation, the Hyper-V that I mean here is the Hyper-V server Type 2 that is available or can be enabled in Windows 8.1
Thanks for the explanation, the Hyper-V that I mean here is the Hyper-V server Type 2 that is available or can be enabled in Windows 8.1
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cool, so in this case yes, the Hyper-V in Windows 8.1 is more powerful (and free) than the VMware workstation :-)
Correct, hit the nail on the head, I do not see how VMware is ever going to compete with this!
a bit like Internet Explorer included with the OS, and most use IE! before downloading and turning to Chrome or Firefox! (and they are free!)
a bit like Internet Explorer included with the OS, and most use IE! before downloading and turning to Chrome or Firefox! (and they are free!)
Client Hyper-V is FREE!
VMware Workstation is a Type 2 Hypervisor, other Type 2 Hypervisors include, VMware Server 2, VMware Player 3.0, Virtualbox 4.0, and Parallels.
Type 2 Hypervisors are SLOW. In most reviews and experience, they perform at roughly 30-40% hardware capability. That means an OS in a VM run off VMWare Workstation will likely perform at best like it has an 800 MHz CPU if you have 2 GHz physical CPU. You install Type 2 hypervisors onto of an existing host operating system.
If you use a Type 1 Hypervisor, you get MUCH better performance. ESX, ESXi, are all Type 1 hypervisors - they (based on experience and reviews) typically get 80-90% hardware capability - so that same VM run off the same 2 GHz CPU should operate more like it has a 1.6 GHz CPU instead of 800 Mhz. Type 1 hypervisors are installed on the bare metal of the server.
Type 1 Hypervisors also include Hyper-V.
8GB RAM is not much though! You really want alot more!