The VM doesn't know the difference, however, the virtualization overhead of VMware server is higher. I think it is around
15 percent for VMware server and around 5 percent for ESX. Mike _____ From: Rankin, James R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 5:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: GSX and ESX differences from within the VM ESX doesn't seem to have as many application hangs and odd errors, the free version is a little twitchy when you've got multiple servers running. Other than that I can't see any way to tell, the underlying host is generally invisible to the guest _____ From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 March 2008 10:18 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: GSX and ESX differences from within the VM Lo chaps, Anyone here use both ESX and GSX (VMWare Server Free) for hosted windows based VMs ? If so, can you tell me if there are any visible differences between VM's running on both from the point of view of an RDP user accessing the VM's ? Basically, I mean, if you logged on to a Windows VM running on ESX server (assume the VM Tools are installed) would you *know* it was ESX rather than VMWare Server Free ? Olly ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
