VMware Workstation vs. Server

[Rudolfo Munguia]

On Server you can delegate either a single chunk of memory to be used be all
vm's or allocate a specific amount to each vm. But it won't allow the
oversubscription of memory. You can of course oversubscribe your processor
by simply running to many simultaneous vm's. VMware specifically recommends
against running db/webservers that will be transactionally intensive as they
cause dramatic performance problems for all vm's on the same physical
server. (I have witnessed this, it is actually quite impressive)

With ESX you can also allocate processor limits.

On 12/13/06, keith smith <klsmith2020 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> So you have my curiosity.  I've talked with Nathan a little about this
> several weeks ago, however I'm more curious.  I visited their website
> however it did not provide enough info.
>
> I worked for a hosting company that used virtuozzo  to create VPS's.  They
> would put 150 or so per server and I was told 80 was more reasonable.
>
> I seem to recall someone saying you can over allocate resources.  I
> suspect that means if I have a gig of ram I can allocate 512M to 3
> Vmachines.
>
> So how is VMware different that virtuozzo?
>
> And more importantly, I do PHP/MySql development and have a dev server on
> my private net.  How would I use VMware to help me with PHP/MySql
> development?
>
> Thanks,
> Keith
>
>
>
> *Nathan England <nathan at paysonlinux.org>* wrote:
>
>
> All,
>
> Has anyone used VMware Workstation and the free Server?
> I am wondering if there are any differences, or if you've noticed any
> difference between the two and how they work on your linux box running
> different guest os's.
>
> I use Workstation 5 and love it, but I'm wondering if there is any benefit
> to
> running Server instead, other than the cool web interface.
>
> nathan
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