Advertisement
Promo

Become a member of the ZDNet UK community

Virtualisation Toolkit

  • Email
  • Trackback
  • Clip Link
  • Print

VMware Infrastructure 3 review Editors Choice Award

8.8

Editors' Rating

Excellent

Typical price:£ 1979

Verdict

By extending and building on the production-quality virtualisation technology of ESX Server, VMware Infrastructure 3 further consolidates the company’s position at the top of the virtual server tree... Read Full Review.

Pros

  • Delegated management
  • High availability features
  • Shared file system
  • Live migration of virtual machines for load balancing and maintenance
  • Virtual SMP support

Cons

  • Can't be hosted on non-Intel/AMD processors
  • VirtualCenter management is Windows only
  • Expensive for small deployments

Video icon

Video

Discussions

182706 182706

translation

Saturday 4 July 2009, 12:15 AM

1 comment

Featured Talkback

So - if people can see the benefits from using virtualisation tools and approaches for consolidation (yes - I think that really is all we are talking about here!), does anyone think we are ready to finally wake up to the fact that we do not actually need to have a physical desktop at every desk? ... or, heaven forbid, that we can access our logical desktops remotely from practically anywhere?

By: Brian Murray

Read full story:
Virtualisation is a priority, say CIOs



Skip Sub Navigation Links to CNET Brand Links

Help

Become part of the ZDNet community.

Newsletters