VMware and ESX have different market fields. They both virtualize, but VirtualIron utilizes a dynamic linux cluster of machines (there is a compatability list of hardware as well as software, SuSE compatable means on the client side) that requires lots of specialized low lantancey hardware such as infiniband fiber components (starting in the $15k range for the very very low end
VMware ESX runs on a single high end box. It has a much lower pricepoint. They really dont cross opertunities as much as you would think.
BTW, i have my VCP for vmware and have also been working closley with VirtualIron for the past 6 months or so (they dont have official certs yet). Both are very good products. I cant wait for ESX3 and the next VI product in the following quarter (big stuff happening there)
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VMware and ESX have different market fields. They both virtualize, but VirtualIron utilizes a dynamic linux cluster of machines (there is a compatability list of hardware as well as software, SuSE compatable means on the client side) that requires lots of specialized low lantancey hardware such as infiniband fiber components (starting in the $15k range for the very very low end VMware ESX runs on a single high end box. It has a much lower pricepoint. They really dont cross opertunities as much as you would think. BTW, i have my VCP for vmware and have also been working closley with VirtualIron for the past 6 months or so (they dont have official certs yet). Both are very good products. I cant wait for ESX3 and the next VI product in the following quarter (big stuff happening there)