Hyper-V may gain server virtualization market share vs. VMware

Hyper-V may gain server virtualization market share vs. VMware

Server virtualization market share could be shifting as more organizations consider using Citrix Systems XenServer and Microsoft Hyper-V.

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A recent study by TheInfoPro showed that the XenServer and Hyper-V vs. VMware battle -- historically dominated by VMware -- is shifting in favor of Citrix and Microsoft. The survey found that two-thirds of VMware shops have evaluated competing platforms, and a quarter of those organizations plan to deploy an alternative.

VMware's server virtualization market share likely won't suffer drastically, because the vast majority of these businesses will only be adding Hyper-V or XenServer to their existing VMware infrastructures -- not making wholesale replacements. Still, the study results could mean good things for the server virtualization market share of Microsoft and Citrix.

Microsoft received more good news when VKernel released a version of its Capacity Analyzer for Hyper-V. VMware has hundreds of companies that offer third-party support for its products, and that will be a requirement for Microsoft and Citrix to increase their server virtualization market share.

Get the full details on the XenServer and Hyper-V vs. VMware battle in this edition of This Week in Virtualization. Virtualization consultant Lew Smith, a product manager with Interphase Systems and blogger for Interphase Exchange, also calls in to discuss the changes he's seeing when it comes to server virtualization market share.

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This was first produced in December 2009

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