I haven't tried it, but Virtual Iron has a free version for smaller environments that runs on bare hardware. It needs a very recent processor with the virtualization extensions built in so it won't run on older hardware. It sounds promising. -Brian
________________________________ From: Reimer, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Xen Along the same vein, I'm on a tight budget, and in my cursory research into virtual server programs, Xen was the only free one that ran on bare metal. The other free programs ran on top of another OS. Is this correct? Mark ________________________________ From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 8:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Xen Anyone using the open source Xen package to virtualize Windows guests with success here? Just curious if it has gained any real enterprise use yet. jlc ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
