VMware could make more hot add of virtual hardware available before Microsoft:
DHP (Dynamic Hardware Partitioning) features that are coming with Windows Server 2008 (formerly known as Longhorn) allow hot add of hardware without any downtime. It works with Processors, memory, and some PCI express cards. It does not allow removal of hardware without downtime.
An interesting point made at virtualization.info is that VMware could offer these features before Widnows Server 2008 hypervisor is available since it is a part of the base Server OS product.
A video presentation from WINHEC is available that discusses this feature.
And more good info is available at virtualization.info.
Jay Rogers
VMware/Cloud Virtualization Architect
About Me
- Jay Rogers
- Lexington, NC, United States
- I am a Virtualization Architect for Novant Health, with 25 years of IT experience, and for the last 15 years I have had a dedicated focus on our Virtual infrastructure and strategy. I am a VCP2, VCP3, VCP4, and VCP550. Novant Health is a integrated system of 15 medical centers, 1,123 doctors in 343 clinical locations serving 3.5 million people throughout NC, SC, Virginia, and Georgia with 24,400 employees. We have a large and very successful Epic EHR implementation. I have been with Novant Health for 25 years. I was a featured speaker at the first annual NC/SC VMware Summit Event in 2008. I have been a speaker at several VMUG events in Charlotte and Greensboro, NC. I have been invited to blog for Virtualiziation Review and join VMware's Cloud Team. The past two years I have actively participated with a Healthcare Virtualization Community program ran by VMware that connected all VMware Healthcare customers on the east coast via Socialcast and monthly meetings geared towards sharing knowledge and best practice to help each other be more successful for our patients!
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