VMware ESXi Available For Free Starting Today

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday July 28, 2008 @06:52AM from the free-always-sounds-better dept.

Mierdaan writes "VMware's bare-metal hypervisor is available for free starting today. ESXi, which can either be installed or run from an embedded device available in certain servers, has a 32MB footprint and gives small businesses an easy way to get into the virtualization world, with easy upgrade paths to enterprise-level features such as (H)igh (A)vailability and (D)istributed (R)esource (S)cheduler. ESXi runs on most any hardware with a server-class disk controller, and previously retailed for $495. VMware is obviously shooting to prevent Microsoft's Hyper-V technology from gaining a foothold in the marketplace."

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Re:more info. by Shadowruni · 2008-07-28 10:29 · Score: 0, Redundant

Preach brother preach... I hate when the uninformed try to drop knowledge on VMWare....

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Re:small footprint by Tony+Hoyle · 2008-07-28 10:54 · Score: 0, Redundant

The ESXi footprint is only 32mb. It can just be an extra chip on the motherboard.