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WHAT IS VMWARE?
VMware is virtual machine software
It runs multiple operating systems on a single
computer

An administrator can manage and optimize

resources globally

Its an excellent testing and development platform

Its an enterprise-class server

FLAVORS OF VMWARE
VMware Workstation
GSX Server
ESX Server

VMWARE WORKSTATION
Current version is 5.5
Evaluation license key is valid for 30 days

This is a full working version

VMware has extended this for
additional evaluation time if
necessary

Runs on Windows or Linux

Retails for ~$189
Upgrades after a year are ~$95 a workstation

GSX SERVER
Able to run multiple servers or workstations

on a single box
Meant for a small size server environments
and larger-scale test environments
Scales to allow a test Active Directory
domain, client/server environment, etc.
Can run on Windows or Linux
Retails for ~$1400 for a dual processor
system

ESX SERVER

Enterprise-class virtual server

Pricing: call them. A purchase for a 2 processor

system with a bundled package should run ~
$3500.

This is meant more for a live environment

ESX Server is built directly into a custom Linux
kernel to optimize performance, stability, and
modularization

WHY VMWARE WORKSTATION

Saves the average administrator and

developer hundreds of hours a year by

allowing rapid, modular and convenient tests
You can run Windows on Linux and Linux on
Windows
You can do presentations involving OS-based
demonstrations on the same piece of
hardware as the presentation using multiple
VMware systems
Its cheap

WHY GSX SERVER

Its less expensive than ESX Server
It allows for multi-processor environments
and rapid tests of multiple systems

You can run a few servers or workstations on

a single system

If youre not comfortable with Linux, you can

use a Windows Server as the host OS

WHY ESX SERVER

Create new systems faster with reduced

hardware needs allowing for tailored and

scalable memory and processor utilization
Decouple application workloads from
underlying physical hardware for increased
flexibility- read this is to separate your
server applications and services onto
individual servers (DNS, DHCP, SMS, IIS,
AD, FTP, Brightmail, Sendmail, whatever).
Dramatically lower the cost of business
continuity- if your virtual system dies,
crank of a new box and run a restore in
just a few minutes

THANK YOU