Question : Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 - Is there a benefit to a small organisation?

Microsoft have a free product called Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 which my b0ss has probabily read in a magazine that this is the most fantastic thing since NT4 Server.

We are a small org of around 5 servers (exchange, linux, TS, BES and data/print) but wants to move everything to Hyper-V as it is free and all can run off one server.  My view is that Logic has run out of the building along with his friend Simple.

It is alleged (just in case the b0ss reads this), that the designed server will boot up in hyper-v server and load an Active Directory server on one virtual server and on another virtual partition Exchange 2010 would be installed with a new form of LCR(?) and the linux server and TS, BES, Data/Print on seperate virtual partitions.

Now in terms of design / costs - For this server to perform without issues, I would assume that each of the 6 servers, they would be mirrored disks of various sizes with a dedicated NIC for each server too.  How much memory would you throw at this server? probabily based upon a HP DL380 g6 server.

And in terms of free - only the Hyper-V server is free, everything else Cals and server licensing stills needs costings ? Yes/Np - please explain.

You are probabily fallen off your chair in laughter by now!
Please bring me hope in stating that this will not work and I should be looking for a new b0ss who doesn't read magazines or am I missing something fundamental.

Kind Regards
fosseitsl

Answer : Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 - Is there a benefit to a small organisation?

Hi, petewinter.  You might want to invest in a little time and assistance from a qualified DBA.  A table maintenance script will enable you to change the contents of DB tables.  It is usually a form and action-script pair that puts table data on your browser screen and lets you modify the table data.

I would not envision that this would create a new field -- a new field might not be necessary at all if the tables have unique keys.  A many-to-many relationship between tables usually involves a "pivot table" that associates the keys of one table with the keys of the other table.  In other words, it provides a linkage -- look up a key or keys in one table and the keys will point you to all of the associated tables through the paired entries in the pivot table.

HTH, ~Ray