Well the big bonus here is going to be for non-standard devices like driver/firmware updates, the vendor could build those into the image so the user doesn't have to go searching for linux updated drivers and such. Yah its on a usb device, but should be held on the mobo.
For those who have heard of DFI this is the same basic thing, DFI didn't make it into Vista, but probably hit the next version of Windows. DFI is basically the drivers installed on a chip on the mobo then any o/s just calls the chip for the driver. I look at v3i as just ahead of the curve. _____ From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 2:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: server options It just started making news again. Major vendors will be shipping servers with 3i in April. It looks very promising. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/022608-embedded-virtualization-set-to- lure.html or http://tinyurl.com/yvvarj to avoid wrappage issues... From: Benjamin Zachary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 1:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: server options That's where they are supposedly headed. 3i is supposed to be an embedded distro straight preconfigured from the vendor dell/hp/ibm etc. I didn't know it was downloadable ahha maybe that's where I got crossed up. I skimmed through the press release and pdf files on it, and then saw it was released so I put those together. Ill go back and logon to the partner side and see what I can dig up. _____ From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 1:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: server options Is that very recent Ben? I understood 3i was shipping but only as the installable version atm. From: Benjamin Zachary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 11:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: server options VI3i is already shipping I believe. This is basically a server with a flash chip of VI3 installed on it and saves the config to a flash ram just like a BIOS stores info. No HD's required, can boot from fibre/iscsi not from NFS I believe. _____ From: Louis, Joe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 9:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: server options The SAS drives on the DL might be a bit of overkill if you are looking to save some money and are getting an Equallogic. ESX is going to a light footprint and pretty soon (if not already) HP/DELL/etc will be offering machines like DLs with no moveable drives with an ESX light footprint on an internal USB. _____ From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 7:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: server options An HP DL would handle that easily and is supported. An easier way to figure what you should get is look at the very small HCL for ESX :-) jlc From: Klint Price - ArizonaITPro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 5:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: server options I am pricing out hardware for a new venture and could use some feedback. Basically I am coming up with a poor boys IT infrastructure, and a fairly nice setup if our funding comes in. I would like to go 64-bit now, and run 32-bit VM images if necessary; hopefully all will be 64-bit. what are my options for * a 64-bit server * 6 NICs (2 onboard & a quad card) * 24 GB of RAM * at least 2 processors * 4 SAS drives in RAID 5 This will be a VMWare server with VMotion connected to an Equalogic SAN..... all of which needs to be purchased. Thanks, Klint ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
