I'm looking to build a platform to support 3 guest appliances.
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise (SQL Server & AD Secondary)
Astaro Security Gateway Server.
Vista Ultimate
I am considering Solaris 10 or Ubuntu as my Host OS. any suggestions or comments?
Solaris 10 is NOT supported as a host OS with any of the VMware products.
What would you reccomend as the most robust, stable and lean platform for x86? I will be using VMWare Workstation 6.01.
There's no best host OS.
You should choose an OS you are familiar with.
When we talk about Windows hosts:
I prefer XP or Server 2003 instead of Vista
When we talk about Linux:
It doesn't matter to me as long as the host OS is officially supported.
I never used Ubuntu based systems but according to other users they work well.
For the linux operating systems I still have a preference for Red Hat Enterprise but Unbuntu is a good choice as well for running Workstation.