Hyper-V Survey: Nearly a Quarter of Respondents Using At Some Level

Surprising percentage of companies have some Hyper-V installed, though how much is not clear; more than 40 percent use VMware.

By Computerworld Staff
Tue, July 01, 2008

Results from Computerworld's Windows Server 2008 survey, administered online from May 10 to 27, 2008, show many companies have begun to test and experiment, if only on a small scale, with Microsoft's new virtualization technology, Hyper-V.

The survey methodology: Select subscribers to Computerworld (those with IT management titles) were sent an e-mail solicitation. Select Computerworld newsletter subscribers were invited to take the survey via a link in the newsletters. Respondents identified themselves as IT or IS managers (15%), directors of IT or IS (12%), network administrators (8%), chief technology officers (7%) and other titles.

Numbers for individual survey questions may not add up to 100 due to rounding and/or the ability to select more than one response,

The survey findings:

Does your organization plan to use Hyper-V or third-party products for most virtualization needs on production servers?

VMware 42%

Not using virtualization 31%

Hyper-V 24%

Other third-party products 3%

Base: 253 respondents

Does your organization plan to adopt Windows Server 2008 at some point?

Yes: 63%

No: 22%

Don't know: 15%

Base: 403 respondents

If not, why not? (Select all that apply.)

Benefits not sufficient to warrant adoption 48%

No business need 44%

Cost 42%

Migrating to another server operating system 30%

Too time-consuming 25%

Other 22%

Not a Windows shop 14%

Base: 88 respondents who indicated that they would not be adopting Windows Server 2008

"Other" responses included:

Current server architecture is going to remain in place for three years, so plans for migration won't happen for two years. A lot can change in two years.

Going to Win Server 2003.

Possible conflict with existing apps.

Server stability, lack of full featured command-line server management tools.

Still in Windows 2000.

Too risky for security reasons.

If yes, in what time frame will your organization start the transition to Windows Server 2008?

Am implementing now 25%

6 to 12 months 34%

12 to 18 months 19%

18 to 24 months 13%

More than 2 years 9%

Base: 253 respondents

Over what period of time will your organization complete the transition to Windows Server 2008?

Within a year 25%

Phase in over the next two years 30%

Over the next three years 20%

Over the next four+ years 15%

Unsure/don't know 11%

Base: 253 respondents

How will your organization phase in Windows Server 2008?

Will follow our usual migration schedule 55%

Will accelerate adoption for at least some server applications 26%

Will accelerate adoption of Windows 2008 across the enterprise 8%

Unsure/don't know 12%

Base: 253 respondents

Will your organization wait for the first service pack before deploying Windows Server 2008 on production servers?

Yes, will wait 38%

No, won't wait 28%

Service pack release is not a factor in my deployment plans 26%

Don't know 8%

Base: 253 respondents

Why is your organization planning to upgrade? (Select all that apply.)

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