For Bare Metal + Free, I think your only options are ESXi and XenServer. For nearly Bare Metal + Free, check out:
Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 - http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=3512 ProxmoxVE - http://pve.proxmox.com/ We ended up using Hyper-V, but not the "nearly bare-metal" one linked above. We decided to use the full install of Windows Server and run Hyper-V on top so we could keep the ease of use functionality, 3rd party network and RAID management compatibility, and it wasn't _that_ much more headroom to have the full windows experience. The fact that the licensing allows us to the host server "for free" is nice, too. See: http://www.quicklearn.us/library/Virtualization.Windows-Server-2008-R2-Virtualization-Licensing.ashx Proxmox looks awesome for a linux based VM server. I recommend you try this one only if you're planning a small scale deployment, as they don't have any good clustering support, yet. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Nigel Parker [mailto:nigel.par...@ultraframe.co.uk] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 01:16:57 -0700 Subject: Virtualisation software > Hi > I am looking for some Bare metal Virtualisation software the criteria I > have been given is that it must be > FREE! > > I looked on Vmware website and although they list > VMware vSphere Hypervisor > As Free it seem the product when I installed it said It was a 60 day > version - they gave me a serial number and I tired to follow the docs > about entering it however I didn't have the icon on my client to select > and install the license > > Is the product still free - > Do you have to run it for 60 days before you can enter the serial number > > Have I finally lost it ? > > Help would be appreciated > > Nigel Parker > > Systems Engineer > Ultraframe (UK) Ltd > Tel: 01200 452329 > Fax: 01200 452201 > Web: <www.ultraframe.com> > Email: <mailto:nigel.par...@ultraframe.co.uk> > > > Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > > The statements and opinions expressed in this email are my own and may not > represent those of Ultraframe (UK) Ltd. > This email is subject to copyright and the information contained in it is > confidential and may be legally privileged. It is sent out only for intended > recipient(s). Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you > are not an intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or > other use or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is > prohibited and unlawful. > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
