Best Virtualization Solution

john_sm111 · 12-02-2010, 04:38 PM

I am in process of putting a virtualization plan in place. Wondering, from pure virtualization perspective, which hardware vendor provides the best virtualization solution. Will like to know if any have had any experiences using virtualization on DELL hardware, SUN, HP or IBM. Also wondering, if any of you were able to get a decent discount from any of these hardware or vitualization software vendors. Appreciate your help

kbp · 12-02-2010, 08:06 PM

It's difficult to make a suggestion without any requirements ...

Ehtetur · 12-08-2010, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by john_sm111

...which hardware vendor provides the best virtualization solution.

I agree with kbp... And without any requirements to go by, my recommendation for the best virtualization solution is an IBM zEnterprise 196 (aka mainframe) running RHEL or z/OS.

Zetec · 12-08-2010, 07:45 PM

Any of the big three (IBM, Dell, HP) are well established the vitalization world.

I've used VMWare with all three and they all work very well in environments ranging from a couple of hosts to 100's of hosts.