Yes and I imagine so, however, your usage of "only" severely
underappreciates the value of being able to run directly on the hardware.
Not only are the performance and scalability enhancements very significant,
but the ease of patch management and reduced risk from exposure are quite
substantial as well.
ESX Server is the only virtualization solution that is suitable for
production level deployment IMO.
Greg
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mesdaq, Ali" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "The Hardware List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 12:41 PM
Subject: RE: [H] MS Makes VirtualServer 2005 R2 Free
Isn't the only advantage of ESX that it can run on hardware directly
with no OS installed? And isn't that only true with certified hardware?
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Sevart
Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 9:28 PM
To: The Hardware List
Subject: Re: [H] MS Makes VirtualServer 2005 R2 Free
Well...
1. VMware started it by offering GSX for free.
2. MS still has nothing to compare to ESX server. ESX is all I would
ever
use in a (virtual) production environment.
Greg
----- Original Message -----
From: Stan Zaske
To: The Hardware List
Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 11:23 PM
Subject: Re: [H] MS Makes VirtualServer 2005 R2 Free
Free? Only until MS drives VMWare out of business!
Chris Reeves wrote:
While they contend not in response to VMWare, etc. it's still the same
end
result: the product has been made free of charge for use.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/virtualserver/default.mspx
CW
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