Virtual infrastructure software provider VMware has
launched an entry-level hosted virtualisation product for Linux and
Windows servers.
The company says that with the launch of VMware Server it wants
to ensure that every company interested in, considering or
evaluating server virtualisation for the first time has access to
the industry-leading virtualisation technology.
VMware Server enables users to quickly provision new server
capacity by partitioning a physical server into multiple virtual
machines. It supports any standard x86 hardware and a variety of
Linux and Windows host and guest operating systems, including
64-bit operating systems. It also supports Virtual SMP, enabling a
single virtual machine to span multiple physical processors, and
offers virtual machine monitoring.
VMware says its server product is the first commercially
available server virtualisation product with support for 64-bit
virtual machines and Intel Virtualisation Technology, a set of
Intel hardware platform enhancements designed specifically to
enhance virtualisation products.
VMware Server beta is available for immediate download at
www.vmware.com/products/server/.
The product is expected to be generally available by June 2006.