Hypervisor Footprint Debate Part 1 UPDATE: Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 & VMware ESXi 3.5

re: Hypervisor Footprint Debate Part 1 UPDATE: Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 & VMware ESXi 3.5

otomatik kapı — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:03:06 GMT

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re: Hypervisor Footprint Debate Part 1 UPDATE: Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 & VMware ESXi 3.5

AC666 — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:37:24 GMT

Each patch normally corrects 1 security problem, besides some exceptions. So correcting this, and correcting the dishonest patch size analysis you did, the result is crystal clear:

Even Hyper-V on Server Core DOUBLES the number of patches ESXi has, and had TWICE the number of security problems than ESXi.

Game Over, let's move to the next MS FUD, this one was debunked.

re: Hypervisor Footprint Debate Part 1 UPDATE: Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 & VMware ESXi 3.5

AC666 — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 01:53:29 GMT

r_colbert,

That what is I am talking about. This footprint comparing is 100% manipulated. In reality, Hyper-V has DOUBLE the number of patches of ESXi. The sizes are down wrong, as you mention, ESXi patches are cumulative, and kind of replace the whole image.

re: Hypervisor Footprint Debate Part 1 UPDATE: Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 & VMware ESXi 3.5

r_colbert — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:04:24 GMT

Hi. Thank you for trying to provide an open and honest comparison of Hyper-V and ESXi. As both a VMware and MS customer, I find these comparisons helpful.

When you did your footprint comparison, was it using the stand-alone patch packages or using the VI3 Updater service?

I ask because I think the updater service uses smaller patch files than the web downloadable patches.

Also, the web-downloaded patches are more like a Windows ServicePack rather than a Hotfix as it is a cumulative update. So a user who installed the oldest version of ESXi today would only have a single 221M update package download.

As for the 221M size, most of that is the VI3 client and Guest tools and not the core Hypervisor component.

re: Hypervisor Footprint Debate Part 1 UPDATE: Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 & VMware ESXi 3.5

AC666 — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:55:35 GMT

Very misleading !! You cannot sum the number of MB of ESXi patches, since it is much like a "firmware upgrade", which replaces the whole image.

It is obvious isn't it ? ESXi has just some MB, how can it have 4GB of patches ?

Seems that your intention is simply to confuse customers.