Were currently using vmware on windows 2000 and 2003 server and have no issues at all. No complaints here.
Regards, Chris Orovet ATSI Technical Support [email protected] 727-812-0276 American Transcription Solutions, Inc. http://www.atsi-inc.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message and any attachments are for the sole use of the intended recipient and may contain proprietary, confidential, trade secret or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited and may be a violation of law. If you are not the intended recipient or a person responsible for delivering this message to an intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message immediately. -----Original Message----- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 6:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Free Server Virtualization Options: VMware Server, ESXi, XenServer, Hyper-V, and others... Just curious, but why the hate on VMWare Server 2.0? Looks like ESXi is going to be a weekend project for me. Now I need to find a compatible computer to test it on... --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Steven Peck [mailto:[email protected]] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:57:48 -0700 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/> ~ > > ~ 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/> ~
