[COLUG] Linux on VMware

[Scott Merrill]

Duane wrote:
> Steve Roggenkamp wrote:
>> My company, OCLC, has recently started to make significant use of Linux
>> on VMware.  We now have dozens of Linux servers running on VMware VI 3. 
>> I'm looking for others with significant number of servers to exchange
>> experience, best practices, etc.  Perhaps get together for lunch for
>> discussions.
> 
> If you don't mind me asking, I'm curious as to the reasoning for going
> with VMware.

>From a business perspective, it can be nice to have a company to call
when seeking support, as opposed to trawling through support forum
message postings.

VMWare also offers VMotion through their VirtualCenter product, which
allows you to move a running virtual machine between physical hosts.
That's a fairly big advantage for services for which downtime is
intolerable.

We have a VMWare ESX server at work, running a few virtual machines.
We're just dipping our toes into the VM waters, but we've found VMWare
to be extremely easy to use and manage.

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