True, ESX server isn't free: http://www.vmware.com/products/vi/esx/
but the VMWare server product is free: http://www.vmware.com/products/server/ I'm sure you can get support either way, but you'll have to pay for support. I'm not sure you'll need ESX though. Be sure to compare both and make sure ESX is truly what you need. Here is a line from the FAQ, it's not a lot of detail, maybe you can find something more technical. >From the FAQ: http://www.vmware.com/products/server/faqs.html # Q: What is VMware Infrastructure? How is VMware Server different from VMware Infrastructure? A: VMware Infrastructure allows entire industry-standard infrastructure farms to be managed as a shared utility and dynamically allocated to different business units or projects. Delivering built-in management, resource optimization, application availability and operational automation capabilities, VMware(r) Infrastructure 3 dramatically reduces costs and increases efficiency, flexibility and IT service levels. Users of VMware Server can protect their investment if they choose to migrate to VMware Infrastructure as VMware virtual machines are fully compatible across the product line. On 9/25/07, Dustin Puryear <dustin at puryear-it.com> wrote: > Well, ESX is certainly not free. :) > > -- > Puryear Information Technology, LLC > Baton Rouge, LA * 225-706-8414 > http://www.puryear-it.com > > Author, "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" > http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices > > Identity Management, LDAP, and Linux Integration > > > Brad Bendily wrote: > > On 9/25/07, Karthik Poobalasubramanian <karthik at poobal.net> wrote: > >> I am doing some research on virtualizing some servers at work. My > >> personal experience is limited to desktop virtualizing under windows and > >> linux. I am comparing VMWare ESX and Xen Enterprise V4. Cost wise, Xen > >> Enterprise is a lot cheaper than VMware ESX. From what I have read so > >> far, VMWare is more polished and mature. I am leaning more towards Xen > >> but don't know about their support and future > >> (http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2171434,00.asp) > >> Any comments for or against Xen? > >> > >> Karthik > > > > VMWare releases their server virtualization product for free. > > Unless you need something more enterprise, i've run several guest > > servers on a linux host. > > It ran rather well. > > > > bb > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > General at brlug.net > > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > -- Have Mercy & Say Yeah
