Originally posted by: Brazen
Originally posted by: TonyRic
No, I do not consider Microsofts Virtual PC/Server to be enterprise ready. My job is to evaluate, test and implement virutal technologies. We have tested VPC/VS, Xen, Vituozzo and all of VMware's technologies. Xen is not *yet* ready for prime time, it is not yet stable enough, not can it *yet* run Windows unmodified and it is not usable on laptops where you NEED wireless connectivity. VPC/VS requires the additional expense and stability issues with its Windows Server underpinnings. This same argument holds true for VMWare Workstation and Server running on Windows. In this situation with regards to your question specifically, VMware Server/GSX running on Linux for performance and stability or VMWare ESX Server are the only platforms I would run on. For standard "I want to use this on my desktop/workstation to test other OS'", VPC/VS, VMware Workstation/GSX/Server on Windows is fine. Virtuozzo is a virtualization product that is great for server virtualization where all of the "Systems" are identical except for content.
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I have also evaluated all the virtualization technologies and would encourage the OP to go with VMWare Server, preferably running on linux. I started out using VMware Workstation for testing and development, then ran a few servers within VMWare Server when it came out, and now I just installed 3 VMWare ESX Servers (oh they are SO worth the monies).
The free VMWare Server already saved me a ton of work twice. Once by being able to restore a snapshot, and once when a non-raided (I know, I know, bad Brazen, but I was in a pinch) harddrive died and I just restored backup copies of the virtual machine files to a new harddrive.