Aidan Finn: A big reason we choose Hyper-V for hardware virtualization is System Center.  That’s why two of those points focus on System Center.  I’ve previously talked about server hardware monitoring for IBM, Fujitsu, HP and Dell.  I’ve no experience with the Fujitsu stuff so I cannot rate it.  But that doesn’t stop me from ranking IBM as last in this category, based on my experience.  Dell and HP both do a great job in this category.  But that’s just the servers.  You should make sure your storage and networking solutions also have OpsMgr health and performance management packs.

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