[CentOS] Virtualization - what do You recommend?
Greg Bailey
gbailey at lxpro.com
Tue Feb 2 17:09:20 UTC 2010
Les Mikesell wrote:
> I have to agree that ESXi is better, but I've had VMware server running
> for years (mostly 1.x versions on CentOS 3.x, but also some CentOS 5.x
> and VMware 2.x) with no surprises other than jumpy clocks. The servers
> have sometimes been shut down for power work but I've probably had more
> than a year of uptime for some intervals on C3 boxes running 3 windows
> guests. I rarely use the vmware console though - I prefer to vnc
> directly to the guests once everything is set up. The one advantage of
> Server vs. ESXi is that you can run things on the host natively if you
> want.
I would say another advantage of Server as opposed to ESXi is that you
don't need a Windows box to administer it. VMware Server version 1.X
uses a "server console" that has Windows and Linux clients, whereas I
believe VMware Server version 2 is web-based. VMware ESXi *requires*
that you have a Windows machine to install the "vSphere Client".
-Greg
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