Item: Hyper-V
Rating: 8
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Hyper-V is used to host on-premise servers, is hosting Windows servers and Linux servers.It provides an easy virtualization environment without having to spend money in licensing. It's rock solid, we had not experienced availability or performance problems.

Pros and Cons

Good performance
Availavility
Reliability

DR integration with third party solutions / partners
OS updates may require rebooting the server. Too many updates monthly

Most Important Features

Availability
Security
Performance

Return on Investment

Positive: no licensing cost
Easy to manage
Easy to use

Alternatives Considered

VMware Cloud Director

No extra licensing costs. It's easy to use. We haven't suffered any downtime due to virtualization problems. It's a rock solid solution.

Key Insights

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

Other Software Used

VMware Cloud Director, Veeam Backup for Azure, Darktrace, Windows Server, Ubuntu Linux

Likelihood to Recommend

Overall it's a good product, has a good performance, reliability and it's easy to use.

We're trying to setup a DR scenario replicated on private cloud and here is where we have found problems, because Hyper-V is not supported in this scenario, but with vmware can be done. So it's a bit dissapointing. We have to wait an update of the DR management SW or move to vmware.

Hyper-V. Rock solid environment for your VM's

Overall Satisfaction with Hyper-V