“My latest entree into the world of virtualized environments is
the VMware GSX server. For someone who doesn’t spend much time
running multiple iterations of a particular application, I viewed
this application as a solution looking for a problem. What I’ve
learned in this exercise is that making a low-end server into a
distributed application environment is quick and reliable using the
GSX server…“I can unequivocally state that the GSX server installation is
flawless – provided you read the instructions. My problems began
early; the machine I had originally tasked for testing the GSX
server was too slow. The dual processor (2×233 MHz) machine that
had served me well since 1997 has been upgraded to a 600 MHz
workstation with 320 MB of RAM (thanks bro!). The GSX server
requires a minimum of 256 MB of RAM, so the processor speed was
only part of the reason for me to upgrade…”
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