So Microsoft just announced that the next version of Hyper-V, which will be out with Windows 2008 R2, will contain live migration! There are couple of other note worthy news items:
- Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008, a new hypervisor-based server virtualization product (like ESXi), will be released within 30 days and be available at no cost via the Web
- Microsoft will demonstrate live migration feature of Windows Server 2008 R2. And the next version of Microsoft Hyper-V Server (the one after 2008) will have live migration capabilities.
- System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 will be released within 30 days [not a surprise], which will manage Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2, Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 or VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3
So the big questions is, when can we expect this feature?
The answer can be found on this blog article.
- A release called Windows Server 2008 R2 is still on the books (now officially slated for 2010).
I’m really curious about R2 and hope we can expect a Beta soon!!
2010 is a very surprising date indeed. I would have expected to see something much sooner than that, as it may be the “silver bullet” that Microsoft will need to compete for the enterprise virtualization customers.
Very nice find on the timeline for 2008 R2.