Yesterday I wrote an entry regarding ESXi. More precisely I described how to try VMware ESXi in VMware Workstation. My argument was on one side to try ESXi out (I've never installed nor tried it) and on the other side investigate whether it was a product I would use.

The case is that I have a server on which I want to run some sort of virtualization - I don't think it's appropriate to discuss why virtualization is a go (if you think so, search the web for articles regarding this subject - there are more than plenty discussing this matter). I need at least to host a web server and a mail server - and it would be great to be able to have some sort of playground, too. My mind's almost made up in regards to the software for the web server and mail server: Ubuntu Server (or maybe FreeBSD - time will show ). But what about the virtualization software?

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Yesterday VMware ESXi became free (not as i beer but as in money), and I had to try it - initially in VMware Workstation 6. You need Intel VT (or AMD-V) to run ESXi!

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