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Virtualization is a crock. It makes perfect sense to single-tasker people that just can't understand how more than one application can run on a server. But I digress - and I won't elaborate on this.

VMwhere is great for Development environments. You can whip one up, play with it and get rid of it. This saves money as "real" servers don't have to be subjected to these gyrations. It is also a nice medium for setting up your entire application + OS and then offering it to others to take a look at.

But all of this stuff can be done with the FREE versions of VMwhere. I use the VMwhere server at home and it works just fine for me. I use it to run Windoze apps (games) on my Linux desktop. VMwhere works well as a SoftWindows/SoftPC-like emulator (of the future!).

Using VMwhere ESX server in a production role makes little sense to me. I was able to bring the thing down by "exploiting" its weakness - emulated networking. Try having a couple thousand SSH sessions try to connect to a VMwhere VM and you'll see what I mean.

It's a great little tool for what I outlined above, but I wouldn't want to run my enterprise on it.

Posted by: Roger Ramjet   Posted on: 07/08/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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