And with ESX you can take snapshots so if you fsck up and don't want to start from scratch, but roll back it's easier...
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 9:01 AM, Jason Gurtz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am very much of the old school training, one server one > > application/service. Virtual machines are a whole new area for me to > > wrap my head around. > > This is what's great about virtual servers. It allows you to carry that > type of idea to the extreme without having to bother with all the hardware > :) > > > Anyone know of a good list I can subscribe to that's centered around > > MS virtual server? > > > > Please define ESX for me? > > ESX is the high-end VMware product. It allows you to do things like > (assuming you have 2 ESX servers) migrate live running virtual machines > from one ESX server to another w/o disrupting clients. ESX server doesn't > have a "host OS" per se. In reality it does and is a customized, very > striped down, and optimized Linux kernel + userland. > > If you visit vmware.com you will notice there is a free "VMware server" > available. This doesn't support the hot/online migration and some other > high end features but does support 64-bit guests and even SMP. I highly > recommend you check out these products instead of MS virtual server at > this time as they are much more mature and robust products as of now > (can't wait to see how win2k8 and it's built in VM turns out!). > > In fact, I believe the MS virtual machine manager now supports managing > VMware products, though I can't speak to its usability. > > Have fun! > > ~JasonG > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ > ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
