Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008: R2

With Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2, customers get increased availability with support for planned and unplanned downtime scenarios with live migration and host clustering support. All of these features are available at no additional charge and enables customers to deploy cost-effective virtualization compared to competitive offerings.

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  Available as a free download

  
  


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  Support for live migration for “zero downtime” planned migrations

  
  


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  Support for host clustering for unplanned downtime protection

  
  


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  Lower total cost of ownership compared to VMware ESX 3i

  
  


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  Improved scalability with support for 1 TB host memory and up to 8 sockets

  
  

Here is a list of the features in Hyper-V Server 2008 R2

The following table showcases specific scenarios where Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 should be used:

Source: http://www.microsoft.com/hyper-v-server/en/us/r2.aspx

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008: R2