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Microsoft Virtualization Calculators and VMware Calculators

By djlaube

Here are some very useful calculator links that we show many of our customers on the benefits of virtualization.

http://www.vmware.com/go/calculator = VMware TCO/ROI Calculator. Show the potential cost saving from VMware virtualization solutions and identifies the tangible CapEX and OpEX savings.

http://www.vmware.com/go/costperapp = When comparing Hypervisor products, it is best to compare “cost per application” (or VM) when using that hypervisor. Here is a calculator which shows how VMware can provide the lowest overall cost per app over other Hypervisors.

http://www.microsoft.com/Windowsserver2008/en/us/hyperv-calculators.aspx = Windows Licensing Calculator for Virtual Environments (when using Calculator #1, under “Virtualization Technology”, for VMware modify the configuration and choose 3rd-Party virtualization running on “bare metal”). This calculator will help you identifiy the Windows licensing cost savings when used in a virtual environment (when using any Hypervisor product like Hyper-V, vSphere, etc). More and more companies are using the unlimited Virtual Machines option that comes with the Windows Datacenter per CPU license which offers substantial cost savings on Windows licensing when virtualizing!

This entry was posted on July 14, 2009 at 1:30 am and is filed under HyperV, Microsoft, VMware, Windows. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “Microsoft Virtualization Calculators and VMware Calculators”

  1. djlaube Says:
    August 7, 2009 at 10:25 am

    Some interesting license changes are noted here too:
    http://blogs.technet.com/wcraddock/archive/2009/01/19/licensing-change-notification-access-windows-server-2003-in-hyper-v-hosted-on-windows-server-2008-without-windows-server-2008-cals.aspx

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