Gustav Brock
Gustav at cactus.dk
Wed Jul 23 05:39:47 CDT 2008
Hi all Great news! VMware will next week make the ESXi Hypervisor free: http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/server_virtualization/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=209400823 <quote> VMware will make its ESXi hypervisor available for free, effective July 28. The ESX hypervisor was once the core of the VMware product line. Until Monday, it will still be priced at $495 copy. The ESXi version represents an easier to install and use version of ESX. </quote> The hypervisor is the bottom layer which lets VMware virtual servers "talk" directly to the hardware consuming a modest 32MB of ram: http://www.vmware.com/products/esxi/ /gustav