> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Rich Smrcina
>
> Chase, John wrote:
> >
> > Does VMWare run on "bare metal" yet?
> >
>
> Well, I guess that depends upon your definition of 'bare metal'. (What
> is 'is'?)
>
> For a very long time VMWare would install a modified pretty barebones
RH
> Linux and
> VMWare on top of that. From there you could create/install virtual
> machines. That is
> their VMWare ESX product. Now they have a free version of it called
> VMware ESXi.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Wayne Driscoll
>
> In my opinion, Bare Metal means that the virtualization engine
provides an
> iplable (bootable) operating system, and does not require an OS
between it
> and the hardware. By that definition, the requirement for a
"barebones RH
> Linux" causes VMWare to miss this requirement.
Agreed. If it requires even the tiniest of independent operating
systems on which to run, then it is an "application program". To me,
"bare metal" on the x86 platform includes nothing beyond the BIOS
between the software and the hardware.
-jc-
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