Discussion on: Is the mixed virtualization vendor data center possible? http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/virtualization-pro/is-the-mixed-virtualization-vendor-data-center-possible/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:56:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.1 By: Kennyo http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/virtualization-pro/is-the-mixed-virtualization-vendor-data-center-possible/#comment-56 Kennyo Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:22:11 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/virtualization-pro/is-the-mixed-virtualization-vendor-data-center-possible/#comment-56 The mixed-virtualization data center _will_ be a reality.... no matter what you're using today (i.e. VMware, Xen, Parallels, Virtual Iron, etc.) you'll also find that you'll have HyperV from Microsoft, as well as a number of virtual appliances -- and who knows what VM technology is inside of those. Heterogeneity will be the norm. The good news is that there are a host of firms that already manage the provisioning, deployment and management of multi-vendor VM technology, including doing P-V conversions on-the-fly. [A href="http://www.cassatt.com/sltn_virt_control.htm"]Cassatt [/A]is one of them. I spoke alot about this almost a year ago at [A href="http://fountnhead.blogspot.com/2007/02/sobering-predictions-for-vmware-and.html"]Fountainhead [/A] The mixed-virtualization data center _will_ be a reality…. no matter what you’re using today (i.e. VMware, Xen, Parallels, Virtual Iron, etc.) you’ll also find that you’ll have HyperV from Microsoft, as well as a number of virtual appliances — and who knows what VM technology is inside of those. Heterogeneity will be the norm.

The good news is that there are a host of firms that already manage the provisioning, deployment and management of multi-vendor VM technology, including doing P-V conversions on-the-fly. Cassatt is one of them.

I spoke alot about this almost a year ago at Fountainhead

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