Client side hypervisors get [mainstream] cool
Virtualization December 3rd, 2008Hmmm, looks like Client-Side Hypervisors have been re-defined as ultra cool
Vista SP2 includes Hyper-V™ technology - from theSpringboard Blog- VMware View - from the VMware VDI site
Virtualization is sooo much more than server consolidation [as if we had any doubts], it’s tired of hiding in the server room, it’s coming baby. So Santa — if you’re out there, and listening. Can I please have some more lab gear for Christmas? I promise to be good.
UPDATE: Don’t get too excited folks; I’ve just had a lovely email saying the Hyper-V on Vista is a typo. So if Vista and 2008 are from the same codebase, I wonder how long before some talented person figures out how to switch it on…
December 3rd, 2008 at 10:49 am
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December 3rd, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Just asked Microsoft to chk the “Hyper-V in Vista” thing out… apparently it’s a typo on the Springboard blog :(
December 3rd, 2008 at 6:30 pm
From the linked blog, I assume this was added later, sad though, it would certainly be nice to have Hyper-V in Vista
“*To clarify, Hyper-V is not included in Windows Vista SP2, it is part of the Windows Server 2008 service pack. This means that when you install SP2 for Windows Server 2008, or if you install a slipstreamed version of Windows Server 2008 with SP2, the RTM version of the Hyper-V role will be included. Hyper-V was released after Windows Server 2008, which means that the role you currently install is a pre-release role and needs to be updated to bring it up to RTM. This update will be applied (only if necessary) automatically when you install SP2.”
December 5th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
I work for a company that is building a bare metal client hypervisor and management suite, so I spit out my coffee the other morning when some of the disinformation about Hyper-V in Vista SP2 started to come out. :)
I think you hit it right on the head that server consolidation is just the tip of the iceberg. I believe that the client hypervisor is going to be much bigger than just “offline VDI.” It will make the manageability, reliability, and security benefits of virtualization available to companies that don’t have the funds or time to implement server-based computing with the complexity of VMware View. In the end, I actually think client-hosted VMs will be the primary desktop use case and server-hosted desktops will be concentrated in certain verticals like financial services. Running VMs on the client is a much smaller leap and doesn’t require a radical overhaul of the hardware model or end-user experience the way that servers and thin clients do.