Hyper-V at Small Healthcare Organization
March 30, 2017
Hyper-V at Small Healthcare Organization
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Hyper-V
We use Hyper-V at an enterprise level to create and maintain all of our virtual machines. Currently, most of this resides on an IBM Blade Center with four blades and about 12 VMs.
- Since Hyper-V is a Microsoft application it integrates seamlessly with the OS and other related tools.
- Setup and Maintenance of VMs is straightforward.
- As an established product, Hyper-V is supported by most other systems (e.g. Disaster Recovery).
- We use Hyper-V in a Windows Server 2012 environment. As with many other features of this Server OS, certain aspects are less than intuitive.
- I don't have experience directly with other products such as VMware. But I have the impression, from peers in other organizations, that Hyper-V is somewhat less powerful and feature-rich.
- There is definitely a financially positive impact because we are already a Windows shop. This, combined with our limited use of VMs makes the purchase of other vendors (such as VMware) a difficult proposition to defend.
- The relatively simple learning curve along with no integration requirements makes the setup quick and limits the need for expert contractors.
As already described, my impression is that Hyper-V is lacking in features that are offered by other alternatives (albeit, at a potentially lower price point).