[ietf79-tech] vmWare (apologies for the wide distribution, but I couldn't remember who all were the vmware wizzes)

[Warren Kumari]

Hey all,

So, I am finally buying myself a server that will support  
virtualization properly and wanted to give vmware a whirl (previously  
I have done Xen and similar) so that I have more clue, but, being a  
complete vmware newbie wanted to get some help / advice from the list  
as to what I need to do / get / etc.

Basically this is going to be for a single machine (I don't need to be  
able to move instances around, don't need HA, etc.) and I'll be  
installing Ubuntu on it and using it as a mail / webserver. I'd also  
like to be able to spin up a few guest instances, for testing things,  
when I need to lend someone a shell, etc. Noit sure what other info  
folk might want to help me decide this :-)

VMware vSphere Hypervisor (which includes VMware ESXi and vSphere  
Client is a free download) -- am I missing something obvious or will  
this do everything that I need?
If not, what is the cheapest vmware solution that will?

I tried figuring this all out from vmwares site, but got lost in a  
pile of 4 color glossies, all with similar (but subtly different)  
marketing material and acronyms.

Mahna mahna,
W

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