How much does it cost to run Windows on a VMware server versus a SWsoft Virtuozzo? The muddy waters on the topic are finally clearing. Microsoft released a whitepaper that covers how licensing its licensing will work with virtualization, including how it is impacted by special features like VMware VMotion and desktop virtualization.
Blogger Bink.nu writes:
Finally Microsoft takes a clear and official position about application of Windows licensing on virtual machines hosted on 3rd party virtualization platforms … VMotion, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, and Windows Server Clustering all move instances of virtual OSEs between physical servers. However, the licenses remain with the physical server to which they are assigned. When an instance is moved to a new physical server, the new server must have the appropriate licenses.
There are two virtualization calculators — and they really pretty cool (even if you won’t like the hefty price tag they will tell you you owe). Here’s a visual of calculator 1 … which tells you how much you’ll owe for a particular configuration.
Here’s a look at calculator two, which helps find the lowest cost choice.
