The hike is a result of market conditions, product value and choice, the company said. "Of course, these are list prices, and many customers pay something less than list." "Microsoft would likely argue that the cost per instance comes down to less than the cost of the standard edition on the basis of eight instances per physical server," said Al Gillen, program vice president, system software at Framingham, Mass.-based IDC. Over time, Windows Server customers have been effectively paying less and less for each virtual machine." "With improvements to modern server hardware, virtual machine density is on the rise, allowing more virtual machines per CPU socket. "I think that a 28% price increase for any product is, at first, something that will give people pause," said Frank Lesniak, infrastructure and operations architect at West Monroe Partners, a technology consulting company based in Seattle, Washington. Windows Sever 2012 R2, currently in preview, comes with improved software-defined networking, storage enhancements and virtual machine performance and portability improvements. Windows Server data centers get boost from shared virtual disks.What's new in the Windows Server 2012 R2 VHDX format.Live Migration gets a boost from Remote Direct Memory Access.Live Migration compression speeds up VM transfers.Take advantage of VM migration's speed, consistency.Virtualization improvements in Windows Server 2012 R2.Five easy perks when running Windows Server Remote Management.Automated virtualization means easier management in Windows Server 2012 R2 with PowerShell.Desired State Configuration improves Hyper-V agility.What is Desired State Configuration, and how does it work in PowerShell 4.0?.Desired State Configuration and PowerShell 4.0.Windows Storage Spaces give SSDs a boost.Improve performance with Storage QoS feature.
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