On 3 March 2011 11:57, shawn wilson <ag4ve...@gmail.com> wrote: > A few general comments on the thread: > First, I'd recommend VMWare if you want to also buy their support - its > really quite good.
Good comment. *If* you have the dosh to flaunt on VMWare support and/or PS, and are set on buying something corporate, then do so. Personally, I'd choose KVM on the server these days. VMWare being EMC, you'll find there is *never* an end to the amount you could pay them. The services and licenses they offer are as deep as your pockets :-) Personally, what puts me off VMWare is - as others have mentioned - the license wrangling, but also the actual cost of support. In a former role, I had to go into a client and discover&point out that, because they made a hardware choice of X as opposed to Y before engaging with $myEmployer, the (minimum) cost of ESXi licensing actually *exceeded* the (5 figure) cost of their shiny new, fully-loaded Dell hardware. Yes, they didn't do their requirements gathering correctly but daaaaaaaaaaamn is VMWare expensive! Getting back on topic, to non-server/workstation, I'd recommend virtualbox like others on this thread. If you can get VMWare for free (site license/etc), or if you have very deep pockets, take a look. Otherwise - vbox. For server-side virtualisation - KVM. Jonathan -- Jonathan Matthews London, UK http://www.jpluscplusm.com/contact.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktinb_qbjtvkktt-crjay1zm1pf3adcybtkkju...@mail.gmail.com
