After years of planning and development, Microsoft made the first supported version of its Hyper-V virtualisation software available for download today. Bill Laing, general manager of the Windows Server Division, told The Hypervisor, “The final release to manufacturing (RTM) version of Hyper-V for Windows Server 2008 will be available for download from 8pm BST tonight. […]

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Microsoft launched release candidate zero (RC0) of SQL Server 2008 at its Tech Ed conference in Orlando today. David Hobbs-Mallyon told the Hypervisor,

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Today real time replication specialist Neverfail began beta testing of ClusterProtector, which provides real-time data replication over a WAN for Microsoft Exchange and SQL Server systems running under Microsoft Cluster Server. Andrew Barnes, Neverfail senior vice president of corporate development, told The Hypervisor that the disaster recovery suite should be ready for production environments by […]

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Chip giant Intel is pushing server makers to drop dual core products in favour of quad core alternatives, according to Andrew Bailey, a consultant with specialist server maker Stratus Technologies. The Intel move means firms like Stratus will struggle to differentiate their mid-range and high-end server offerings, at least until Intel begins shipping 6 core […]

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The new Server Core feature in Windows Server 2008 enables Microsoft to compete head to head with open-source Linux as a platform for running Linux and Unix server software. Windows Server Core is a new text based operating mode in Windows Server 2008 that resembles the non-graphical console used by most Linux server systems. Server […]

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Neverfail today announced the launch of Neverfail for VMware VirtualCenter. The new software enables firms to make a real time replica of their VirtualCenter management server. When used in conjunction with VirtualCenter 2.5, the two servers can be linked using normal Internet links, without the need for a VPN connection. John Posavatz, vice-president of product […]

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By Roger Howorth Microsoft will release a beta version of System Center Virtual Machine Manager this summer that will manage virtual machines (VMs) running under VMware and XenSource hypervisors, according to Neil Sanderson, Microsoft UK product manager for management and virtualization.

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Virtualisation specialist VMware today announced details of the forthcoming VMware Server 2. Like its predecessor, the new suite is designed to run on Linux and Windows hosts is available free of charge. A beta version of Server 2 is available for immediate download from VMware by clicking on this link. Highlights of the new release […]

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Online replication specialist Double-Take told The Hypervisor this week that it plans to launch a version of its online replication suite to support Microsoft’s forthcoming Hyper-V hypervisor, which is expected to launched about six months after Windows Server 2008, due next spring. While such a move would surprise nobody, news that Double-Take has no plans […]

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Vizioncore chief executive David Bieneman told The Hypervisor this week about his company’s plans to support virtualisation products from Microsoft and Citrix. Currently the Vizioncore product range works with servers running VMware ESX Server. However, in a move that reflects the growing interest in other virtualisation systems, Bieneman said forthcoming versions of Vizioncore tools would […]

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