Compete to Win | Part I: Comparing Core Virtualization Platforms

1. VIR311 Compete to Win | Part I: Comparing Core Virtualization Platforms Matt McSpirit | MCSE | MCITP | VCP Senior Product Marketing Manager Microsoft Corporation @mattmcspirit

2. Compete to Win | The Series Compete to Win I - Core Virtualization II - Private Cloud Hypervisor Choices Hypervisor Comparison Thursday June 14th8:30am

3. Choices, Choices, Choices…. XenServer vSphere |vSphere Hypervisor Windows Server Hyper-V What is Hyper-V Server? Hyper-V Server

4. What is Hyper-V Server? • Free Standalone Download • Contains • Hypervisor • Windows Server Driver Model • Key Virtualization Components • Small Footprint • Minimal Overhead • Integrates into current infrastructure • Feature rich 

5. Hyper-V Server | Use Cases Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Alternative OperatingSystems Windows Server Licensing • Microsoft currently supports the following Linux distributions on Hyper-V: • SLES: (10 SP4 – 11 SP1/2) • RHEL: 5.5-5.7 | 6.0-6.2 • CentOS: 5.5-5.7 | 6.0-6.2 • Enhancing Linux integration and support rapidly • Reassign, where applicable, existing VL onto Hyper-V Servers • However, you would lose benefits of other Windows Server 2012 capabilities • Windows Client VDI licensing is per end-point device • VDI technologies are typically multi-hypervisor aware • Windows 7 and Windows 8 run best on Hyper-V

6. demo Hyper-V Server |Quick Look

7. Scalability, Performance & Density Flexible Infrastructure High Availability & Resiliency Security & Multitenancy Comparison | 4 Key Areas

8. Comparison Scalability,Performance &Density

9. Comparison | Hyper-V from 2008 R2 to 2012 • Table shows comparison for both Windows Server Hyper-V, along with Hyper-V Server.

10. Hyper-V | XenServer | vSphere Comparison XenServer 6.0 active VMs per host varies based on Server/VDI workload, with PVS/IntelliCache & HA on/off Maximum VMs on a Cluster (Resource Pool) on XenServer 6.0 based on a maximum of 50-60 concurrent protected VMs per host with HA enabled. Host physical memory is capped at 32GB thus maximum VM memory is also restricted to 32GB usage. For clustering/high availability, customers must purchase vSphere vSphere 5.0 Enterprise Plus is the only edition that supports 32 vCPUs. All others support 8 vCPUs within a virtual machine. Maximum number of Virtual CPUs per Host is not documented in the Citrix XenServer 6.0 Configuration Limits documentation XenServer 6.0 Information: http://www.citrix.com/site/resources/dynamic/salesdocs/Citrix_XenServer_6_Configuration_Limits.pdf vSphere Hypervisor / vSphere 5.0 Ent+ Information: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r50/vsphere-50-configuration-maximums.pdf and http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere-hypervisor/faq.html

11. Hyper-V | Enhanced Storage Capabilities Virtual Fiber ChannelConnect a VM directly to FC SAN without sacrificing features Storage 64TB Virtual Hard Disks (VHDX)Increased capacity, protection & alignment optimization Native 4K Disk SupportTake advantage of enhanced density and reliability Offloaded Data TransferOffloads storage-intensive tasks to the SAN

12. demo Ginormous VHDX Files

13. Hyper-V | XenServer | vSphere Comparison The maximum size of a physical disk attached to a virtual machine is determined by the guest operating system and the chosen file system within the guest vStorage API for Multipathing (VAMP) is only available in Enterprise & Enterprise Plus editions of vSphere 5.0 vStorage API for Array Integration (VAAI) is only available in Enterprise & Enterprise Plus editions of vSphere 5.0 Neither VMware or Citrix documentation suggests that their respective platforms support 4K Advanced Format Drives XenServer 6.0 Information: http://www.citrix.com/site/resources/dynamic/salesdocs/Citrix_XenServer_6_Configuration_Limits.pdf and http://support.citrix.com/servlet/KbServlet/download/28751-102-673823/XenServer-6.0.0-reference.pdf vSphere Hypervisor / vSphere 5.0 Ent+ Information: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r50/vsphere-50-configuration-maximums.pdf and http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/buy/editions_comparison.html

14. Hyper-V | Enhanced Resource Management Dynamic Memory ImprovementsSupport for greater virtual machine consolidation Resource Mgmt. Quality of Service (QoS)Consistent level of performance based on SLAs Resource MeteringTrack historical data for virtual machine usage Data Center Bridging (DCB)Converge network traffic to provide enhanced QoS

15. Hyper-V | XenServer | vSphere Comparison Memory Optimization is a feature found only in XenServer 6.0 Advanced edition and higher. XenServer collects processor use, memory usage, and network I/O rates for the entire host system, as well as each individual virtual machine. Free edition limited to 24 hours of historical data. A number of Converged Network Adaptors are supported within the XenServer 6.0 HCL however no official documentation can be found for DCB and XenServer 6.0. Without vCenter, Resource Metering in VMware vSphere Hypervisor is only available on an individual host by host basis. Quality of Service (QoS) is only available in the Enterprise Plus edition of vSphere 5.0 XenServer 6.0 Information: http://www.citrix.com/site/resources/dynamic/salesdocs/Citrix_XenServer_6_Configuration_Limits.pdf, http://support.citrix.com/servlet/KbServlet/download/28751-102-673823/XenServer-6.0.0-reference.pdf, http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX123996 and http://www.citrix.com/English/ps2/products/subfeature.asp?contentID=2300456 vSphere Hypervisor / vSphere 5.0 Ent+ Information: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r50/vsphere-50-configuration-maximums.pdf and http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/buy/editions_comparison.html

16. Comparison Security& Multitenancy

17. Hyper-V | Extensible Switch • New Security & Isolation Capabilities • PVLANs • ARP/ND Spoofing Protection | DHCP Guard Protection • Virtual Port ACLs | Trunk Mode to VMs • Monitoring & Port Mirroring • Windows PowerShell | WMI Management • Performance Enhancements: DVMDq | IPsec Task Offload | SR-IOV Extensible Switch • Extensible by PartnersOpen platform that lets multiple Partners provide extensions that arewritten to standard Windows API frameworks. These Partners include: • Cisco: Nexus 1000V & UCS Virtual Machine Fabric Extender (VM-FEX) • NEC: OpenFlow • 5nine: Virtual Firewall 3.0 • InMon: sFlow

18. Hyper-V | Physical Security • BitLocker Drive Encryption • Provides a solution for securing data within deploymentsoutside of the datacenter. BitLocker in Windows Server 2012enables the IT administrator to: • Encrypt local disk storage (DAS) • Encrypt traditional failover cluster disks • Encrypt Cluster Shared Volumes 2.0 • BitLocker offers a solution to meeting compliance demands. Physical Security

19. Hyper-V | XenServer | vSphere Comparison The vSphere Distributed Switch (required for PVLAN capability) is available only in the Enterprise Plus edition of vSphere 5.0 and thus far, seems to be replaceable (By Partners such as Cisco/IBM) rather than extensible. ARP Spoofing, DHCP Snooping Protection & Virtual Port ACLs require either vShield App or a Partner solution, all of which are additional purchases on top of vSphere 5.0 Enterprise Plus Port Monitoring and Mirroring at a granular level requires vSphere Distributed Switch, which is available in the Enterprise Plus edition of vSphere 5.0. No XenServer documentation can be located that discusses Partner Extension s to the XenServer Open vSwitch. XenServer 6.0 Information: http://support.citrix.com/servlet/KbServlet/download/28748-102-664877/XenServer-6.0.0-dvs_controller.pdf, http://support.citrix.com/servlet/KbServlet/download/28751-102-673823/XenServer-6.0.0-reference.pdf and http://www.citrix.com/English/ps2/products/subfeature.asp?contentID=2300456 vSphere Hypervisor / vSphere 5.0 Ent+ Information: http://www.vmware.com/products/cisco-nexus-1000V/overview.html, http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/networking/switches/virtual/dvs5000v/, http://www.vmware.com/technical-resources/virtualization-topics/virtual-networking/distributed-virtual-switches.html, http://www.vmware.com/products/vshield-app/features.html and http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps9441/ps9902/data_sheet_c78-492971.html

20. Hyper-V | XenServer | vSphere Comparison • Dynamic Virtual Machine Queue (DVMQ) is not supported by either XenServer or vSphere, which both support regular VMq (known as NetQueue on vSphere). • Whilst XenServer 6.0 provides SR-IOV support, the release notes state: “If your VM has an SR-IOV VF, functions that require VM mobility are not possible. For example, Live Migration, Workload Balancing, Rolling Pool Upgrade, High Availability and Disaster Recovery, cannot be used. This is because the VM is directly tied to the physical SR-IOV enabled NIC VF. In addition, VM network traffic sent via an SR-IOV VF bypasses the vSwitch, so it is not possible to create Access Control Lists (ACL) or view Quality of Service (Qos).” (http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX131381) • DirectPath IO, whilst not identical to SR-IOV, aims to provide virtual machines with more direct access to hardware devices, with network cards being a good example. Whilst on the surface, this will boost VM networking performance, and reduce the burden on host CPU cycles, in reality, there are a number of caveats in using DirectPath I/O: • Very small Hardware Compatibility List • No Memory Overcommit • No vMotion (unless running certain configurations of Cisco UCS) • No Fault Tolerance • No Network I/O Control • No VM Snapshots (unless running certain configurations of Cisco UCS) • No Suspend/Resume (unless running certain configurations of Cisco UCS) • No VMsafe/Endpoint Security support • No such restrictions are imposed when using SR-IOV, ensuring customers can combine the highest levels of performance with the flexibility they need for an agile infrastructure. • XenServer 6.0 Information: http://www.citrix.com/site/resources/dynamic/salesdocs/Citrix_XenServer_6_Configuration_Limits.pdf, http://www.citrix.com/English/ps2/products/subfeature.asp?contentID=2300456, • vSphere Hypervisor / vSphere 5.0 Ent+ Information: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/Perf_Best_Practices_vSphere5.0.pdf

21. Comparison FlexibleInfrastructure

22. Hyper-V | Virtual Machine Migration Live Storage MigrationMove the virtual hard disks of running virtual machines toa different storage location with no downtime Live MigrationFaster, unrestricted, simultaneous VM live migrationsbetween cluster nodes with no downtime Shared Nothing Live MigrationMove Virtual Machines between Hyper-V hosts withnothing but a network cable • Migration

23. Hyper-V | Network Virtualization Secure IsolationIsolate network traffic from different business units orcustomers on a shared infrastructure without VLANs Flexible MigrationsMove VMs as needed within your virtual infrastructurewhile preserving their virtual network assignments • Network Flexibility Seamless IntegrationTransparently integrate these private networks into apreexisting infrastructure on another site

24. Hyper-V | Network Virtualization Policy Settings Blue Corp Provider Address Space Data Center Network 192.168.1.10 192.168.1.11 192.168.1.10 192.168.1.11 Hyper-V Host 1 Hyper-V Host 1 Red Corp SQL SQL WEB WEB 10.1.1.1 10.1.1.1 10.1.1.2 10.1.1.2 Customer Address Space

25. Hyper-V | XenServer | vSphere Comparison Within the technical capabilities of the networking hardware Live Migration (vMotion) is unavailable in the free vSphere Hypervisor – vSphere 5.0 required Live Storage Migration (Storage vMotion) is unavailable in the free vSphere Hypervisor Live Migration (vMotion) is available in Essentials Plus & higher editions of vSphere 5.0 Live Storage Migration (Storage vMotion) is available in Enterprise & Enterprise Plus editions of vSphere 5.0 VXLAN is a feature of the Cisco Nexus 1000V 1.5, available at additional cost to VMware vSphere 5.0 Enterprise Plus No XenServer documentation can be found that details the number of simultaneous live migrations over either 1GB or 10GB Ethernet. XenServer 6.0 Information: http://www.citrix.com/English/ps2/products/subfeature.asp?contentID=2300456 vSphere Hypervisor / vSphere 5.0 Ent+ Information: http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/buy/editions_comparison.html, http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps9441/ps9902/white_paper_c11-685115.html

26. Comparison High Availability& Resiliency

27. Hyper-V | Resiliency Incremental BackupsPerform agentless backup operations more quickly &easily whilst saving network bandwidth & disk space Inbox ReplicationHyper-V Replica enables the replication of VMs fromPrimary to Secondary site for inbuilt Disaster Recovery • Resiliency Integrated NIC TeamingAggregate network adaptors to increase throughput &provide redundancy in case of link failure

28. Hyper-V | Failover Clustering Unmatched ScaleFailover Clusters support 64 Nodes and 4000 VMs Clustering Highly Secured Clustered StorageBitLocker Drive Encryption for improved security Flexible VM ClusteringiSCSI, Virtual Fiber Channel & SMB 3.0 clustering support Enhanced Cluster Shared VolumesDeeper integration with storage arrays

29. Hyper-V | Failover Clustering 3 Levels of AvailabilityHost, Guest OS & Application Level Protection Clustering Failover PrioritizationControls the order in which VMs fail over or start Cluster Aware UpdatingEliminate downtime associated with cluster updating Affinity & Anti-Affinity RulesEnsure VMs stay together, or apart within the cluster

30. Hyper-V | XenServer | vSphere Comparison XenServer 6 provides Automated VM Protection & Recovery in the Advanced edition and higher XenServer 6 provides a Site Replication capability in the Platinum edition, however replication is provided by a storage vendor, not inbox from XenServer hosts. XenServer 6 provides HA in the Advanced edition or higher. The vSphere Hypervisor has no high availability features built in – vSphere 5.0 is required. VMware Data Recovery is available in Essentials Plus and higher vSphere 5.0 editions vSphere Replication is a feature of VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM), which is available in 2 editions and is a chargeable addition to vSphere 5.0 VMware HA is built in to Essentials Plus and higher vSphere 5.0 editions VMware have made APIs publicly available, but actual application monitoring is not included Features available in all editions that have High Availability enabled. XenServer 6.0 Information: http://www.citrix.com/English/ps2/products/subfeature.asp?contentID=2300456 vSphere Hypervisor / vSphere 5.0 Ent+ Information: http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/buy/editions_comparison.html, http://www.vmware.com/products/site-recovery-manager/overview.html and http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2011/08/11/vsphere-5-0-ha-application-monitoring-intro/

31. Hyper-V | XenServer | vSphere Comparison Maximum VMs on a Cluster (Resource Pool) on XenServer 6.0 based on a maximum of 50-60 concurrent protected VMs per host with HA enabled. High Availability/vMotion/Clustering is unavailable in the standalone vSphere Hypervisor VMware does not support VM Guest Clustering using iSCSI storage. VMware does not support VM Guest Clustering using File Based Storage i.e. NFS VMware does not support the vMotion of a VM that is part of a Guest Cluster VMware does not support the use of Memory Overcommit with a VM that is part of a Guest Cluster No XenServer documentation can be found that details the number of simultaneous live migrations over either 1GB or 10GB Ethernet. XenServer 6.0 Information: http://www.citrix.com/site/resources/dynamic/salesdocs/Citrix_XenServer_6_Configuration_Limits.pdf vSphere Hypervisor / vSphere 5.0 Ent+ Information: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r50/vsphere-50-configuration-maximums.pdf, http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-mscs-guide.pdf

32. All this is great, but what about…. Both VMware vSphere (ENT) and Citrix XenServer 6.0 (ENT) have features for load balancing VMs, and offer power management of hypervisor hosts. Is there anything similar in Hyper-V? Hyper-V, in the box, has the engine to move virtual machines around without interruption, and when combined with System Center 2012 unlocks capabilities such as Dynamic Optimization and Power Optimization

33. All this is great, but what about…. Within vSphere 5.0 Enterprise Plus, VMware offer the ability to centrally deploy the hypervisor down to physical hardware. What are my choiceswith Hyper-V? With Hyper-V being contained within a WIM file, IT admins have a variety of choices – DVD, USB, WDS, MDT 2012, or, within System Center 2012, Configuration Manager or Virtual Machine Manager.

34. All this is great, but what about…. VMware has a feature known as Fault Tolerance, which runs a hot-standby of a VM on another host, to take over should the primary host fail – beat that Microsoft! Whilst attractive on paper, this is a feature where the cons, outweigh the pros. Using FT means sacrificing: • Scale & Density (4 FT VMs per Host & no Memory Overcommit) • Performance (1 vCPU per FT VM & EPT/RVI disabled) • Hot-Plug disabled, no snapshots, backups etc. • Hyper-V has comprehensive guest clustering, 3 levels of availability, and for the highest levels of availability, we partner with Stratus (ftServer).

35. Summary ClosingThoughts

36. Scalability, Performance & Density Flexible Infrastructure High Availability & Resiliency Security & Multitenancy Summary Hyper-V: A More Complete Virtualization Platform

37. Related Content • Breakout Sessions: • VIR312 - Compete to Win, Part 2: Comparing Private Cloud Capabilities (0830 6/13) • VIR302 - Enabling DR for Hyper-V Workloads Using Hyper-V Replica (1515 6/13) • VIR303 - An Overview of Hyper-V Networking in Windows Server 2012 (1015 6/13) • VIR308 - What's New in Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V, Part 1 (Online) • VIR309 - What's New in Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V, Part 2 (Online) Hands-on Labs: VIR21-HOL, VIR13-HOL, VIR12-HOL Demos: VIR02-TLC (Hyper-V), WSV03-TLC (Failover Clustering) Find Me At…the Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Stand (1230-1530 6/13)

38. SIA, WSV, and VIR Track Resources Talk to our Experts at the TLC #TEVIR311 Hands-On Labs DOWNLOAD Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate microsoft.com/windowsserver DOWNLOAD Microsoft System Center 2012 Evaluation microsoft.com/systemcenter

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