Run More on Less Hardware With Virtualization Services

Both are mature platforms that run business servers well. Hyper-V comes with Windows Server, which often makes it the lower-cost choice for small and mid-sized businesses that already run Windows. VMware has long been the standard in larger environments, and some software vendors certify their products on it. Since Broadcom bought VMware, licensing has moved to subscriptions and many smaller customers have seen costs rise, so BCA compares the full cost of each for your setup before recommending one.

Not automatically. If your current setup works and the renewal price is reasonable, staying can be the right call. If the renewal has jumped or your hosts are due for replacement anyway, that's a good time to compare. BCA can price both paths and, if switching makes sense, move your virtual machines to Hyper-V in stages, testing each one before cutover.

Fewer than most businesses expect, but usually more than one. A single host is cheaper but becomes a single point of failure for every server on it. Two or three hosts with shared or replicated storage let virtual servers restart on another host if one fails. BCA sizes the hosts on your actual workloads and how long you could be without each system.

Not quite. Virtualization is the technology that lets one machine run many virtual servers, and it's what public cloud platforms are built on. When you virtualize your own servers, you still own and manage the hardware, on-site or in a data center. Moving those servers to a provider such as Azure or AWS is a separate decision.

Not when the hosts are sized properly. Modern processors are built for virtualization, and most business applications run just as well on a virtual server. Slowdowns come from too many virtual machines sharing too little memory or slow storage. BCA measures your workloads before sizing hosts and watches performance afterward, adding resources before anyone notices.

Each virtual machine is backed up as a whole, including its operating system, applications and data, so it can be restored in one piece, even onto a different host. Copies are encrypted and kept off-site, and BCA tests restores on a schedule. Single files can still be recovered from a virtual machine backup when that's all you need.