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VMware
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Connectix/ |
Virtual Server Swsoft |
Virtuozzo Host OS
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GSX Server: |
Windows NT, 2000, 2000 Advanced, .Net servers; Red Hat Linux, Mandrake Linux, TurboLinux, SuSE Linux, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 ESX Server: Not applicable Windows .Net Server 2003 |
Windows 2000 servers Any version of Linux; |
FreeBSD Guest OS
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GSX Server: |
Windows NT, 2000, and .Net servers, Windows XP Home/Professional, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 95/98/98SE/Me, Windows for Workgroups, Windows 3.1, MS-DOS 6.22; Mandrake Linux, Red Hat Linux, SuSE Linux, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7, TurboLinux, FreeBSD ESX Server: Windows 2000 Server, Windows NT4, Red Hat Linux, SuSE Linux, FreeBSD Windows NT, 2000, and .Net servers, Windows XP Home/Professional, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 95/98/98SE/Me, Windows for Workgroups, Windows 3.1, MS-DOS 6.22; Mandrake Linux, Red Hat Linux, SuSE Linux, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7, TurboLinux, FreeBSD, Netware, OS/2, Solaris x86
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Any version of Linux |
(disparate concurrent versions supported) with Linux host OS; FreeBSD with FreeBSD host OS Host RAM
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GSX Server: |
256MB min, 8GB max ESX Server: 256MB min, 64GB max 64GB max
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No minimum |
or maximum VM/VE RAM
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GSX Server: |
2GB max ESX Server: 3.6GB max 3.6GB max
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64GB max, |
across 16 CPUs Concurrent VMs/VEs
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GSX Server: |
4 per CPU, 16 max ESX Server: 8 per CPU, 64 max 64 max
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Up to 2,500 on one |
physical server Extensibility
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GSX Server: |
COM/Perl API scripting ESX Server: API scripting COM API scripting
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API scripting, |
templating |
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