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Microsoft Hyper-V add-on allows seamless movement of virtual machines

Microsoft needs Hyper V to have the ability to easily move virtual machines (a so-called VMotion capability) and so it is interesting that a third-party has immediately stepped up to do that. Sanbolic, a clustered file system vendor, says it will support Hyper V.

But because Sanbolic won't actually be embedded in Hyper-V, we'll see if Microsoft partners with Sanbolic, somehow acquires this technology or eventually makes it obsolete by creating its own VMotion-like technology. If Microsoft behaves true-to-form, option three is the most likely. Still, if the Sanbolic technology works and is affordable, there's little risk in using it for the Microsoft-centric enterprise that will be an early adopter of Hyper V.

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