Hyper-V cheaper than its competitor
Updated November 01, 2019
Hyper-V cheaper than its competitor

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Hyper-V
We started using it initially as an environment for our SCCM imaging environment because you could import the Windows images fairly easily. We have since expanded it to a test cluster and are moving to use it to host Citrix servers. The problem it solves is the licensing cost for VMware.
Pros
- Using a scale-out file server for hosting the HyperV disk ensures no downtime.
- Setting up the environment is easily done within a few hours.
- Licensing cost - Free with an SLA.
- Deploying VM's is very easy once it is set-up.
Cons
- Apart from having to buy systems with large amounts of the local disk we have not run into an issue with Hyper-V as of yet, and you don't necessarily have to use local storage but storage spaces direct and scale-out file servers work better with local storage.
- There is more of a hardware impact upon initial purchasing in my opinion.
- Windows updates are hazardous to your Hyper-V server's health.
- The biggest and quickest ROI is the licensing cost as it is free.
- It is Windows-based, so even if your engineers have not used it, they can easily figure most of it out because it is Windows which saves on training costs.
- Some people just prefer VMware and fighting the negativity of that can be difficult.
- Training is available everywhere.
- You must have an MS premier support contract or else you will not have any support.
The main reason we are looking into Hyper-V is the cost of VMware licensing and support. We running a lot of hosts and the cost of renewal every year is very high when compared to freemium and all-inclusive because we have an SLA. And the functionality of Hyper-V is very good, a lot of companies like CSX are looking at it and running POC's.
Do you think Hyper-V delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Hyper-V's feature set?
Yes
Did Hyper-V live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Hyper-V go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Hyper-V again?
Yes
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