We have produced the following currently publicly available reports for VMware, Inc.

 

 

Total cost comparison: VMware vSphere vs. Microsoft Hyper-V We compare the total cost of ownership (TCO) of VMware vSphere 5 and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Hyper-V using acquisition costs and scenario-based operational measurements.

Desktop virtualization with VMware View 5 compared to Citrix XenDesktop 5.5 We compared the performance of the two virtual desktop solutions, focusing on bandwidth and other resources consumed at various compression levels.

Cisco UCS B230 Blade Server: Uncompromised virtual desktop performance We tested the number of VMware View 5 virtual desktops that a Cisco UCS B230 M2 Blade Server running VMware vSphere 5 could support.

Virtual machine migration comparison: VMware vSphere vs. Microsoft Hyper-V Can leading VM platforms allow you to migrate your VMs quickly, without impacting application performance or stability? To answer this question, we ran several migration scenarios using either VMware vSphere 5 vMotion or Microsoft Hyper-V Live Migration, and compared the performance of each.

Desktop virtualization with VMware View 5.0 compared to View 4.6 We compared the desktop virtualization performance of VMware View 5.0 and VMware View 4.6 in restricted bandwidth conditions.

Virtualization performance: VMware vSphere 5 versus Microsoft Hyper-V R2 SP1 We tested two hypervisors to compare their performance and ability to manage resources at high VM densities.

Intel Xeon processor-based servers and VMware vSphere 5.0: One server, 4 business-critical database applications Can industry-standard Intel-architecture servers deliver the necessary performance to consolidate your large business-critical database applications via virtualization? To answer this question, we ran four 200GB database applications, each in its own virtual machine created using VMware vSphere 5.0, simultaneously on a four-socket Intel Xeon processor E7-4870-based server.

Intel Xeon processor-based servers and VMware vSphere 5.0: One server, 12 business-critical database applications Can industry-standard Intel-architecture servers deliver the necessary performance to consolidate your business-critical database applications via virtualization? To answer this question, we ran 12 80GB database applications, each in its own virtual machine created using VMware vSphere 5.0, simultaneously on a four-socket Intel Xeon processor E7-4870-based server.

Intel Xeon Processor E7 based servers and VMware vSphere: Isolating the effects of RAM errors on virtualized business-critical applications We loaded a server with 12 virtual machines (VMs). We then injected a memory error that affected one of the VMs and observed what happened to the underlying hypervisor and the remaining VMs.