I think this guy said it pretty well when he called it a "gateway drug"
http://blog.scottlowe.org/2008/07/25/my-take-on-free-esxi/ From: Greg Mulholland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 9:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vmware ESXi question OK i think i see what's going on here. ESXi in both flavour (installable or embedded is indeed free) the issue we had was to be able to manage it with Virtual Center which is our choice requires a Virtual Center Agent. ESXi doesnt not come licensed with a VC Agent. Hence you still need to buy either Foundation $995, Standard $2995, Enterprise $5750 software. We were being quoted for the Standard license on top which is where the extra 3k came from on the quote. The standard license is what we have been buying of later, so i guess he figured that would be ok this time. So i think it is going to be at least a foundation license for this one just so we can use it with Virtual Center. You know i have to hand it to these Vmware guys. Every feature from the ground up requires a different license and additional software to work with the other. The prime example being you can buy an Enterprise license but to drive any of it you need to cough up for Virtual Center! :) ahh well. Greg _____ From: Greg Mulholland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 1 August 2008 1:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vmware ESXi question So the installable version is free, but the embedded isn't? i am getting this right ? _____ From: Martin Blackstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 1 August 2008 12:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vmware ESXi question No. You did. J From: Carl Houseman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 7:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vmware ESXi question The installable version is free right now. OP is asking about the embedded version. Are you suggesting that Dell, HP, IBM, etc. will stop charging for the embedded version? From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 10:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vmware ESXi question ESXi will be free in a few weeks so anything more than $0 is too much. From: Greg Mulholland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 7:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vmware ESXi question Sorry no server is 11k and esxi is 3k on its own if we go the embedded option. I am not willing to pay 3k when i can download it for freeeee!! _____ From: Joseph L. Casale [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 1 August 2008 11:22 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vmware ESXi question Wow, 3k for the server *and* esxi I hope? Who cares about it being embedded? My esxi runs on two small 36 gig sas mirrored drives, and the rest of the space holds iso's J jlc From: Greg Mulholland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 6:57 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Vmware ESXi question Hi all Got a quick question for the ESX folk among us. We are looking at adding some more no -prod vm hosts and i am in the process of quoting for Dell 2950's and have been to-ing and fro-ing about ESXi installable or embedded. Our Dell rep is quoting us 3k AUS for the ESXi embedded portion. Does that sound right, did they only make the installable version free? It seems to me like he hasn't caught with the news!! I would like to go for the embedded version however i am not convinced it is worth it for 3k a pop!! anyone have anymore info or able to do a quick check with their Dell or HP rep? Cheers Greg ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
