Microsoft® Hyper-V™ Server 2008 R2
Windows Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 holds the update to Microsoft’s virtualization technology, Hyper-V. It’s designed to help organizations reduce operating costs and increase efficiencies. Additionally, it provides better energy efficiency and performance by reducing power consumption and lowering overhead costs. And since it provides a highly-redundant design, it can provide a local virtual server to fill the role of the primary server during disaster recovery. It easily plugs into existing IT environments, and there’s a minimal learning curve because IT pros can leverage their existing skills with Microsoft virtualization products and their knowledge of the Microsoft community. In addition, Microsoft provides comprehensive support. You’ll get these powerful benefits:
- Consume up to 18% less power. Windows Server 2008 R2 lets you lower the power states of processors and even turn off individual cores when the server is at low utilization.
- Reduce branch-office-network bandwidth up to 40%. BranchCache™ lets you cache huge bandwidth-hogging files locally.
- Help improve uptime and productivity. Live migration lets you move virtual machines among servers with no downtime, and clustering wizards help you set up a cluster in three steps.
- Cut back on additional software costs. Besides the built-in hypervisor, Windows Server 2008 R2 includes DirectAccess™ which lets you eliminate virtual private networks and manage remote computers as if they’re in the office.
- Flexible storage support. Hyper-V Server offers direct attach storage, networked storage, and Dynamic VM Storage which allows for hot plug-in and removal of storage.
- More efficiency. You’ll have intelligent allocation of space based on resource needs.
Entec experts can explain the many benefits of Windows Hyper-V Server 2008 R2.
