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VirtualCenter for VMware Server review

8.0

Editors' Rating

Excellent

Typical price:£ 700

Verdict

VMware's VirtualCenter provides some top-notch management tools for companies running VMware Server, VMware's free server virtualisation suite... Read Full Review.

Pros

  • Manages VMs from a mixture of VMware server products
  • Enables administrators to schedule management tasks
  • Makes cloned copies of VMs for easy redeployment

Cons

  • Does not provide all the high-end features available in version 2 of VirtualCenter, which is designed to be used with VMware's high-end VI3 product suite.

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