Sorry you don't need a license for the Hyper-V only. I have the Enterprise 2008 on my 2950. Backuping up all the machines while they are live is SO nice! All I need to do is grab a USB hard drive and out the door I run if we have a hurricane on the way. I can have all the core servers up at another location within hours if need be, provided I can find some place with a 2008 x64 server.
Jon On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 1:27 PM, Jon Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/> ~
