ESXi vs. VMware Workstation 7.1.1

[lturkin]

Hi Guys,

I got a good questions for you. I have a workstation at home which has the following Hardware Specs:

AMD Quad Core

8 GB of RAM

500 GB HDD

1 GB Intel NIC

It is currently running ESXi. I am wondering should I revert back to Ubuntu Linux or keep it ESXi.

Any suggestions???

[AWo]

That depends on...?

If you run ESXi you always need a second system to access the guests. What is your focus regarding that decision?

Stability?

Performance?

Ease of use?

Hardware support?

...?

AWo

VCP 3 & 4

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[lturkin]

I use that workstation for learning different operating systems. I have been debating and was looking for an opinion.

[continuum]

then I would use workstation - and use a ESX and ESXi as a VM - if your CPU supports it




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[MattG · Accepted solution]

Much easier to do ESX testing inside of Workstation. You can create as many virtual NICs as you like to give to the ESX VMs

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[louyo]

I run ESXi both ways. Keep in mind that when running it as a VM under workstation you won't be able to run 64 bit operating systems because the virtualization support bits are not virtualized. When I try to convert a 64 bit operating system, I get the error "The destination does not support 64-bit guests".

Lou

Just home from some time off, in the Florida Keys.