Virtualization

[MadMonk]

Has anyone here had any experience with VMWare or MS' new Virtualization Server?

If not, now's a good time to check it out. Both VMWare and MS have made their competing virtualization tool available for free.

MS Virtualization Server 2005 (R2):
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserv...r/default.mspx

VMWare Server:
http://www.vmware.com/download/server/

I'm a little partial to VMWare, but I haven't been exposed to MS' version for very long.

[okcpulse]

I am building a server this summer, so I will definitely check it out. The server will be running Windows Server 2003 (the 180 day version) so I can familiarize myself with networking in a Server 2003 environment. Once the trial is up, I will switch to Linux for my server OS, as I cannot afford a $500 license for Windows Server OS. I'd like to try Ms Virtualization Server.

[MadMonk]

The cool thing is that both will run on XP (although, only MS' is "officially" supported.) You can have a virtual linux desktop or server running on your XP machine! Its great for testing stuff on different releases.

[SoonerDave]

I had a 90 day trial of MS Virtual PC and had a Linux machine set up on it in no time at all and had no problems. Worked great..of course, you can't have too much underlying horsepower and memory . I haven't looked at the new Virtualization Server yet....

-SoonerDave