If you have the license you might also want to try Hyper-V. I have it on a 2950 with VM's and they are all production.
Jon On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]>wrote: > +1 > > That being said, if you need to use the host for some other reason, I > recommend using VMWare server 1.x, it's much more responsive than 2.x was. > If you don't need the host, move to ESXi ASAP. > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> Ditto. >> >> VMWare Server uses a Tomcat based management engine running on the same >> box that sucks life out of the system. >> >> ESXi walks all over it. >> >> -sc >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Richard Stovall [mailto:[email protected]] >> > Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 9:18 AM >> > To: NT System Admin Issues >> > Subject: RE: Dell poweredge server problems with VMWARE >> > >> > In my experience VMWare Server is a DOG (performance-wise) compared to >> > ESX (now vSphere). I haven't used ESXi, so I can't comment on that. >> I >> > would definitely try on vSphere or ESXi if your intended deployment >> can >> > be changed to either of those options. If cost is a concern, have you >> > tried Hyper-v or Virtual Server 2005 instead of VMWare Server? There >> > is >> > a tool out there to add a GUI front end to manage VS 2005. >> > (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=80adc08c- >> > bfc6- >> > 4c3a-b4f1-772f550ae791&DisplayLang=en) >> > >> > >> > ~ 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/> ~
