EXL306
Number of physical servers shipments used for virtualization will grow to 1.7M+ in 2012 at a
CAGR of 15%
IDC Server Virtualization Forecast
Other
1%
Unix
6%
9.00
14,000,000
8.00
12,000,000
7.00
10,000,000
5.00
8,000,000
Linux 21%
Unpaid
Windows
11%
6.00
4.00
Licensed
Windows
61%
6,000,000
3.00
2.00
4,000,000
1.00
2,000,000
0
Y2005
Y2006
Y2007
Y2008
Physical Units
* Data from IDC Server Virtualization Forecast
Y2009
Y2010
Logical Units
Y2011
Y2012
VM Density
19% of physical server shipments will be used for virtualization, increasing from
11.7% in 2007
Percent of current virtualization users, by segment
Progressing,
53%
Basic, 22%
75% of the market
* Data from Enterprise Strategy Group research
Advanced, 25%
Host in Datacenter
VM
1
Exchange 2010
MBX
DC 1
File &
Print Server
Exchange 2010
MBX
DC 2
Database
Server
2
3
NLB
DAG
Exchange 2010
CAS & HUB
Exchange 2010
CAS & HUB
Exchange 2010
UM
Management
Server
Ex 2007
Ex 2010
RTM
Ex 2010 SP1
(Now)
Any hypervisor validated under Windows SVVP
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All storage used by an Exchange guest must be block level storage
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Virtual storage must be fixed size, SCSI pass-through, or iSCSI
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Taking virtual snapshots of Exchange guest, not supported
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Virtual processor-to-logical processor ration no greater than 2:1
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Exchange HA in combination with hypervisor clustering or migration
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Unified Messaging role supported
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http://www.windowsservercatalog.com/svvp/
http://bit.ly/jE2yPn
http://bit.ly/m7z7B4
http://bit.ly/mNAsDO
http://bit.ly/loEl9r
http://bit.ly/krUecS
http://bit.ly/kWthfD
http://bit.ly/kOBSuo
http://bit.ly/9DBfoB
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa996719.aspx
http://www.windowsservercatalog.com/svvp.aspx?svvppage=svvpwizard.htm
http://tinyurl.com/y9shhpx
http://msexchangeteam.com
http://www.microsoft.com/virtualization
case studies
http://northamerica.msteched.com
www.microsoft.com/teched
www.microsoft.com/learning
http://microsoft.com/technet
http://microsoft.com/msdn