Thanks Greg I did read that...and I did order the enterprise. I've tested the hyperV and it seems to work quite well. I am planning on runnin 08 on both the host and the guests...we'll see how that works in the lab before it goes live. Steve
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 2:28 AM, Greg Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Id go with Esx. It's true running 2008 hosts on the 3.5 Esx server is > still supported via "experimental" > support<http://www.vmware.com/pdf/GuestOS_guide.pdf> I have a few running and > they run fine (YMMV). Esx so far is a good deal > ahead of MS still with their memory features in Esx, and migration > capabilities with Virtual center, and others (But to be fair, I haven't > tried Hyper-V yet). I'm not sure I'm reading you right are you going to run > 2008 for the guest os's as well as the host one? If your planning on running > 2003 for the guest os's and 2008 for the host, then ESX is most definitely > the way to go, as ESX replaces the host os completely (Sorry if you already > knew that, I wasn't sure) and you don't even have to worry about 2008. > > Also, keep in mind you want to get the 2008 Server Enterprise license vs > the standard for your virtual box, as MS licenses the Enterprise version to > be used in up to 4 hosts on the vm box, and only 1 for standard. Here is a > good doc on it: > > http://www.microsoft.com/virtualization/licensing.mspx > > -Greg > > > > > > *From:* Russ Jackson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 19, 2008 10:45 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: virtual box > > > > Well, since VMWare I don't believe is officially supporting W2k8 until > August or something like that (at least on ESX), you may want to test out > hyper V. I would imagine you'd get better response with that, than with > VMWare server or MS Virtual Server, especially if you're pretty much sold on > going W2k8. > > On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Steve Ens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm polling here...I'm looking to run Sharepoint, DPS and terminal > serveices off of one box. Ideally I want to carve it up into three (perhaps > four) virtual servers. Do I go with the new hyper V, the old virtual server > or go with VMWare? I'm going to run it on Win2K8, 8GB, two way quad core. > I don't know much about hyper V yet, but I'm reading. I've used virtual > server and vmware to test and they seem straight forward as well we get > charitable pricing, so that I take into effect as MS products are quite > affordable for us. > Thanks > Steve > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
