Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Wed Jul 23 07:34:09 CDT 2008
Hi Gustav: That is excellent. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 3:40 AM To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com Subject: [dba-Tech] VMware ESXi Hypervisor free Hi all Great news! VMware will next week make the ESXi Hypervisor free: http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/server_virtualization/showArtic le.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 _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com