Just keep in mind xen express (commercial variant) will install on damn near any hardware and you actually can roll your own drivers.
ESXi needs specific hardware for storage and nics, so white box is almost out of the question. jlc From: Garcia-Moran, Carlos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 7:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: VMWare, Hyper-V ... Where do I start Depends on what you want to do. VMware - more mature tons of 3rd party tools, Free versions available HyperV - Mostly a baby right now, while it can do some good stuff it's still to early to tell ZEN - been out for awhile, fairly decent Virtual Iron - good competitor to VMware but requires 64 bit systems to run. Best in my opinion for right now would be to get a cooy of ESXi which is now free and work with it , this will give you a solid platform to begin with and it's upgradeable as you grow if you want to go the VMware route From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 9:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: VMWare, Hyper-V ... Where do I start Ok, so I'm a bit behind I have not played with any virtualization so far! My question is where do I start? I would like to set up a Lab Server and start playing. My BES, WUS and Webtrends are on a "White Box" and Is running out of disk space, I would like to move them to virtual servers on a proper ProLiant box. __________________________________________________ Stefan Jafs This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of Amico Corporation . Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. _________________________________________________________ This e-mail, including attachments, contains information that is confidential and may be protected by attorney/client or other privileges. This e-mail, including attachments, constitutes non-public information intended to be conveyed only to the designated recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this e-mail, including attachments, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify me by e-mail reply and delete the original message and any attachments from your system. _________________________________________________________ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
