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