Yes, we use GSX a lot in-house actually. But ESX comes with features that GSX doesn't have, such as multiple snapshots and a few other nifty things that people are willing to pay for.
-- 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: > 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 >> > >
