Dedicated VMWare Server FAQ

Q: What are the benefits of VMWare server virtualization?
A: There are many benefits of server virtualization. Here are some key benefits for your eBusiness operations:

Better Resource Utilization: You can install multiple virtual servers on a physical server. Each virtual server can have its own operating system and applications. Your computer resource utilization will be optimized. You will get better return on your hardware investment.

Powerful Management Tools: When your Dedicated server is equiped with VMWare hypervisor, you will have more controls over your server. You can remotely reboot your server, remote reset services such as terminal services. You will have Console access to your server so you can work on your server's firewalls, network settings, windows blue screens, Unix server kernel rebuild, ...etc. You can also reinstall your operating systems, repartition your hard disks, ... etc.

Easy Server Recovery: With VMWare hypervisor, you can "clone" your server image while it is running. Once you have your server image, you can restore back a failed server from a backup image. No more operating system and application reinstalls. No more server and application reconfigs. You can recover from server failures in a few minutes instead of many hours or even several days. VMWare hypervisor enabled servers can also take server snapshots. Before you make software changes to your server, take a snapshot. If the change you made caused server problems, you simplely revert the snapshot with a few clicks, your server will fail back to the state before you made the change.

Easy Hardware Upgrade: You can move your virtualized servers from one physical machine to another physical machine by simplely moving a couple of files. Your virtualized servers will work on new hardware immediately. No need to reinstall the operating system or software applications. This makes hardware upgrades a snap. You may retain a copy your server image and run it on your office PC or laptop. It provides a great solution for web site and application development.

Q: What guest operating systems doest VMWare ESX support?
A: Following operating systems can be used on VM or virtual machines: Microsoft Windows Server 2000, 2003, 2008; Microsoft Windows XP; Microsoft Windows Vista; Redhat Linux; Suse Linux; Ubuntu Linux; Sun Solaris 10; and more.