Disappointed… Veridian loses key features
11 May 2007Before I start, let me say that I like Microsoft’s products a lot. I’m rolling out Exchange 2007 and SharePoint 2007 in my organization, and am working on a plan to deploy Office 2007 at some point. That said, Microsoft is a pretty huge place. Why can’t they ship something intact? For example, even though there’s a lot more to Vista than it’s pretty new interface, a whole slew of compelling features were removed that would have added a ton of value to the product.
The latest casualty of this slashing process is Veridian, Microsoft’s attempt to take on VMware’s (a company that produces a product I adore, by the way) marketing-leading ESX product. Microsoft has announced that a number of features slated for Veridian’s release have been shelved for now, including:
- Live migration.
- The hot-adding of resources, such as additional RAM and processors.
The loss of the ability to hot-add resources is not, in my mind, horrible as long as the feature comes back at some point. Yes, this does affect availability, but isn’t necessarily critical. However, the loss of live migration (like VMware’s Vmotion) makes this product a non-starter for many enterprises. This is a critical availability feature that allows administrators to take down problem servers, upgrade hardware, and perform maintenance without loss of availability. The result: Until this feature (and hot-adding, eventually) is returned to the Veridian product, this solution simply isn’t a viable alternative to VMware ESX.
Microsoft needs to learn the “underpromise and overdeliver” mantra. Continually overpromising and underdelivering results in an erosion of faith in the company as a whole.
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