79% of Respondents Selected VMware as One of Server Hypervisors They Use

Nexenta Systems, Inc., in OpenStorage solutions, announced the results of a study to determine the relative market share for server hypervisors.

The survey, fielded in the last two months, was conducted across a panel of nearly 4,000 users within the growing OpenStorage market.

When asked, 79.4% of respondents selected VMware as one of the server hypervisors they use today. When asked to indicate their primary server hypervisor, 69.3% chose VMware. All other candidates for primary hypervisors mentioned by respondents, including Citrix, KVM and Hyper-V, accounted for less than 10% of respondents, respectively.

It appears from the survey that the current market share of server hypervisors is not likely to change significantly in the next year. VMware remained the dominant hypervisor, at 78.4%, when respondents were offered multiple choices. When asked to choose their planned primary server hypervisors for 12 months from today, 66.8% of respondents named VMware.

"The survey shows what many instinctively know: VMware is the platform to beat when it comes to server hypervisors," said Bill Roth, Nexenta VP of marketing and the study’s author. "While it is well within the margin, the study does show that VMware faces a threat from the numerous competitors it faces."

The survey was fielded in May and June of 2012, and has a margin of error of 6%.

   
Full results of the survey