Our hands-on validation has revealed that VMware ESXi 3.5 can achieve a significantly higher VM density than Microsoft Hyper-V, allowing users to consolidate more servers on a VMware platform. While VMware’s advantage may not be surprising, given its 10-year history of leadership in this space, the magnitude of the difference is striking: VMware ESXi 3.5 demonstrated at least a 50% (1.5 to 1) d...