The only cost avoided is the hardware cost.
If your OS is not Linux you need a licence on each virtual machine.
Also one thing is to use a Workstation version of VMware for development purpose. Another diferent story is the price of the server version .
Maybe Microsoft with the recent aquisition of a virtualization company will help in the future.
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I have built up a server with virtual domain in Web and Email in a Linux platform. The worry of the author can be reduced if you just force the user to host static HTML webpages. The first priority of most users is the beautiful webpage design.
I wonder how much the license for each virtual domain in Microsoft Windows.
I wonder how much the license for each virtual domain in Microsoft Windows.
If you run any enterprise based decision support tool such as Tivoli there are potential savings. Tivoli license by processors, due to the fact that with a product like VMware if you located 32 servers of various platforms (windows or Linux) then you still only need to buy licenses for the tin! thus saving costs.
Also, there is the space argument, environmentals can also be costly, where one 8way processor box dissipates less heat and draws less requires less power than 32 Pentium based boxes, even at the lowest form factor.
You also have Hardware maintenance to take into account, less boxes, less money!
Microsoft's line for Server virtualisation is only intended to provide legacy support for NT4 based applications that could benefit from faster hardware that doesn't support NT4.
However that view may change once VMware have cut the markets teeth!
Also, there is the space argument, environmentals can also be costly, where one 8way processor box dissipates less heat and draws less requires less power than 32 Pentium based boxes, even at the lowest form factor.
You also have Hardware maintenance to take into account, less boxes, less money!
Microsoft's line for Server virtualisation is only intended to provide legacy support for NT4 based applications that could benefit from faster hardware that doesn't support NT4.
However that view may change once VMware have cut the markets teeth!
A huge benefit that shouldn't be glossed over is the DRP implications. We use VMWare Server to virtualize a few servers on one box. If the box goes kaput; we can quickly move the virtual servers to another one and be back in business quickly. I once had to run one of our vmware servers from a spare laptop while our production server (and hot spare) were both unavailable. It worked, slowly, but it was up.
Also agree with the comment about development -- blow a virtual machine up, copy a new one and you're back in business.
Honestly, I really don't care about the potential cost saves -- becuase server hardware is relatively cheap; but the flexibility and quick recovery of virtual machines are huge benefits.
Also agree with the comment about development -- blow a virtual machine up, copy a new one and you're back in business.
Honestly, I really don't care about the potential cost saves -- becuase server hardware is relatively cheap; but the flexibility and quick recovery of virtual machines are huge benefits.
Unless I misunderstood you, there is no additional cost on Win2K Server running IIS 5.
Every webserver on the machine is a virtual server including the default web server. You can create new virtual web servers and assign new IP's to each. I am not sure how you would install additional licenses for either the OS or IIS.
Every webserver on the machine is a virtual server including the default web server. You can create new virtual web servers and assign new IP's to each. I am not sure how you would install additional licenses for either the OS or IIS.
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