David,
I took a half-day seminar about virtualization and the instructor says
with some reservations that running third party VMs on top of Windows is
as "efficient" as running third party VMs on top of Linux. He went on
to say that if you are using Microsoft as your Host OS, that puts you at
the top of the virtualization offering from Microsoft. However, if you
use VMware server, you are at an entry point in terms of virtualization
offering and you can then upgrade to ESX as your environment gets bigger
or you need additional flexibility. This can happen without drastic
changes to your environment.
Perhaps others can comment on that.
Firm.
-----Original Message-----
From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of David McFarlane
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 3:11 PM
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Subject: [MSUNAG] 2 Virtualization Qs
I am building a new machine and want to use virtualization to run
Microsoft
Vista, Linux, etc. I would like your opinions on two related questions:
1) VMWare vs. Microsoft Virtual PC?
2 )Linux (or FreeBSD) as host OS with Vista as a guest, vs. Vista as
host
OS with Linux (or FreeBSD) as guest?
Thanks,
-- David McFarlane, Systems Designer
Dept. Psychology, Michigan State University
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