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Virtualization Face Off, Bare metal & OS Level

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Once the new server is built I plan to revisit virtualization with some new contenders added to the list.

Here is the current bare metal line up

VMWare ESX
Microsoft Hyper-V
Citrix XEN
RedHat KVM

Windows VM
VMWare Workstation & Server
Oracle / Sun Virtual Box
Parallels Workstation

Linux VM
VMWare Workstation & Server
Oracle / Sun Virtual Box
Parallels Workstation

This will all run on the new server so it will be the same hardware each time around. I might do this before I put in the Raid 50 to make my life a lot more simple when installing and configuring these. If I choose that route I will likely test with a WD Raptor as my main drive to keep the speed up.

This will take some time to complete since the new server isn’t built yet and it is going to take a LOT of reloads.

Thanks and stick around it’s going to be interesting.

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  3. I’m currently waiting on more hardware to do further testing. All of our current hardware is in use but I expect some to free up in the near future.

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