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

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Tue, July 01, 2008Computerworld

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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