Early Peek At Windows Server 8
Microsoft is expected to share more about Windows Server 8 at its Build conference in mid-September
Microsoft officials showed off at the company’s Worldwide Partner Conference a first public glimpse of its coming Windows Server 8 operating system. Windows Server 8, the server complement of Windows 8 client, is on the same development track and path as Windows 8 client.
Microsoft Shows Off Early Peek At Windows Server 8
If the Microsoft watchers are right, both Windows 8 client and server should be out in 2012, possibly in the first half of the year. Microsoft is touting Windows Server 8 as a key private-cloud building block, which means virtualization will be critical to the next release. Microsoft demonstrated only one of what officials said would be several of more than 100 new features coming in the next version of Windows Server: The next version of its Hyper-V hypervisor.
The coming Hyper-V Replica
Specifically, the Softies showed off what they are calling Hyper-V Replica. In a demonstration from Jeff Woolsey, the Principal Program Manager Lead for Windows Server Virtualization, noted that Microsoft has heard from its customers that it needed to provide more virtual processor support. He said the new Hyper-V will support more than 16 virtual processors per machine.
The coming Hyper-V Replica feature provides asynchronous virtual machine replication. All users will need is Hyper-V and a network connection. Users will be able to schedule replication to happen immediately or later. The new feature will allow users to do things such as replicate their mission-critical database to an offsite data vendor. Woolsey said that Microsoft will be vendor-agnostic with this and support multiple storage, datacenter and software/service providers. Microsoft also is going to allow Windows Server 8 users to replicate unlimitedly without charging additional fees per virtual machine.
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