>There seems to be a lot of fanboy affinity around ESXi - and with the >fact that its 'available' off the shelf, zero cost up front. however to >make it do anything you still need to buy into vmware tools. Huh, Tools are free? I do _a lot_ of nothing apparently without what I assume you meant, Virtual Center. ESXi, like all vmware products, is highly polished and very reliable. I am a HUGE fan of Xen, spent a lot of time learning it and I love it. But don't discount ESXi since it's not open source.