FWIW VMware supports a lot more guest OSs than the others, something to consider.... John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families Sent to you from my Blackberry in the Cloud
----- Original Message ----- From: Steven Peck <[email protected]> To: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> Sent: Thu Jun 11 17:57:48 2009 Subject: Re: Free Server Virtualization Options: VMware Server, ESXi, XenServer, Hyper-V, and others... Agree with dumping VMware Server 2.0 from your list. Go with either ESXi or the HyperV. HyperV has a larger list of hardware it will install on where ESXi is a bit more picky. They have just released v4 of ESXi and the 2008r2 version of HyperV is just around the corner. If you have the time, I'd download both (as they are both free) fire them up and install them for a week or two each. Preferably at the same time period. We have an older ESX environment where I work, but I have been playing with HyperV at home for my test lab. Steven On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Damien Solodow<[email protected]> wrote: > If you're going to be using this in a production setting, I'd strongly > suggest striking vmware server 2.0 from your list. > Unless you have hardware that isn't on the HCL for ESXi there is no > reason to go with vmware server over esxi. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 5:16 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Free Server Virtualization Options: VMware Server, ESXi, > XenServer, Hyper-V, and others... > > Greetings, List. > > There are so many available Virtual Server solutions available now, and > it's time for us to look at moving from our current VMWare 1.0 server > solution. As our budget has been greatly reduced, we are currently > looking at the free products: > > VMWare Server 2.0 > ESXi > XenServer > Hyper-V > Any others I've missed. > > I'm wondering if anybody can vouch for or against any of these products, > and express any useful experiences you've had. > > Thanks all, > > > --Matt Ross > Ephrata School District > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This information may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or unauthorized use or disclosure of this information could result in civil and/or criminal penalties. Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
