It seems a lot of people who are talking about how VMs are a pain just plain don't get it. We're not talking about puting a pc at a desk, installing vmware and then just using the vm. That is silly.... although something simular has its place with a secure desktop solution like vmware's ACE. I'm using vmware's Vi3 and hosting a few desktops. It works like a champ and there's nothing to it, except up-front expenses:) But if you're already using the virtual infrastructure for server consolidation, you're in business. For a thin client solution, we're using 2x's thin client server. details on the whole thing are here: http://www.vmwarez.com/2005/12/enterprise-desktop- hosting-whos-doing.html
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I was just reading about fast reboots earlier today: Here
It seems a lot of people who are talking about how VMs are a pain just plain don't get it. We're not talking about puting a pc at a desk, installing vmware and then just using the vm. That is silly.... although something simular has its place with a secure desktop solution like vmware's ACE. I'm using vmware's Vi3 and hosting a few desktops. It works like a champ and there's nothing to it, except up-front expenses :) But if you're already using the virtual infrastructure for server consolidation, you're in business. For a thin client solution, we're using 2x's thin client server. details on the whole thing are here: http://www.vmwarez.com/2005/12/enterprise-desktop- hosting-whos-doing.html