Coolest thing... SCO on 2003 server!

[Chris Rendall]

> On Thu, Aug 25, 2005, Chris Rendall wrote:
> ....
> >VMware has a product a product called ESX Server that runs on the
bare
> >metal and you install your virtual machines on top of ESX Server.
The
> >speed is very fast and you can expect to get 5-7 virtual machines per
> >CPU.  I'm currently working on a project to consolidate the number of
> >servers we have, including my UNIX box running filePro, onto a
virtual
> >machine.  The performance is amazing and the amount of money saved by
> >reducing the number of physical machines is surprising.
> 
> On the other hand, this reeks of ``putting all your eggs in one
basket''.
> Single points of failure are generally a Very Bad Thing(tm).
> 

The cool thing about ESX Server is you could set up multiple physical
servers running ESX Server and if you need to perform maintenance on a
physical machine you more the virtual machine to another box while the
virtual machine is still running!  So you would have a couple baskets
for your eggs.

Chris