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VMware ESXi Goes Free — Hmmm…
29.Jul.08 | 3 Comments
VMware announced today that ESXi is now free.
Virtualize processor, memory, storage and networking resources into multiple virtual machines with VMware ESXi, an enterprise-class hypervisor with a thin 32 MB footprint for added security and reliability.
My current (also free) VMware Server machine at work is running Windows Server 2003 x64. You can bet it has a [...]
VMware Server FTW!
22.Feb.08 | Leave a Comment
(yeah, virtualization is still on my mind)
I resurrected an “old” database server this week. It’s rocking a pair of hyper-threaded Xeon (3.0 Ghz), 4 GB and 6×300 GB drives (and a spiffy RAID controller) in a 2U case. Dusted it off and dropped a fresh install of Win2k3 and now it is my primary VMware [...]
VMware as the Base
17.Feb.08 | 13 Comments
I have this quasi-goofy idea that I’ve been mulling over all weekend. See, I’m just about out of hardware so things will be getting awkward since I like to work with many different OS’s for varying purposes. If I installed all the stuff I look at in my main desktop it wouldn’t last all that [...]
VMware Server 2.0 beta - First Look
04.Feb.08 | 3 Comments
I’ve been re-reading Hacking Exposed Web Applications, 2nd Ed. the past few days. Trying to get my mind back into the “hacker” mentality before I check over some of our recently developed web apps at work. Like ‘em or hate ‘em, I’ve found the “Exposed” series of books to be great primers (or refreshers, depending [...]
