VMWare has a workstation version and a server version. At my company, we have sales people who use the workstation version to switch environments for demos. We are using the server version to consolidate our server environments onto IBM blades. I was skeptical of running production environments on VMWare images, but we've had great success so far, and we've saved a ton of money on hardware by consolidating multiples servers onto a single physical blade.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Austin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 6:35 PM Subject: Re: ot: vmware ? > You allocate a "virtual disk", say 5gb and it creates this file. The > entire "virtual system" is stored in there. You simply boot it up from > the vmware app, and it sits inside a window. You can extend the window > to full screen. > > Remember, that within vmware, the OS is being emulated. You are > running two (or more) concurrent systems. When you dual boot, you are > only running one OS at a time. > > It's really good for testing stuff on multiple platforms. e.g. You > would have a Windows 2000, 2003 and Linux image. You can just boot > each one and test your code on it. VMWare is simply amazing. > > You can download a free fully functional trial. > > Regards, > > Jon > > On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 21:30:29 -0500, dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > how exactly does this vmware work? > > is it better than a dual boot? and can you switch between os's without rebooting? > > > > thanks > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:194667 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
