Also, administrators need to make sure that the resources available meet the needed resources for the virtual server or virtual appliance that will be running on the bare metal hypervisor. The more processing power and memory you can put through at a virtual machine, the better the VM’s performance and capability. Although ESXi supports a wide array of hardware, that hardware still needs to be sized for the task at hand.
#VMWARE ESXI 5.5 FREE#
Nevertheless, there are some pre-requisites that must be met before an administrator can experience all that VMware’s free bare metal hypervisor can offer. VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.5, which is built upon VMware’s ESXi 5.5 virtual server software, is a bare metal hypervisor that includes support for a variety of hardware combinations and includes management via the VMware vSphere Client application, which can be installed on most any Windows-based system. What’s more, the free version proves suitable for running the occasional virtual appliance or testing new operating systems.
#VMWARE ESXI 5.5 UPDATE#
While not suitable for production environments thanks to the lack of high availability, update manager, vCenter management APIs, and other add-ons and features that come with the purchase of a license, the free version of vSphere is an ideal platform for experimentation, testing and learning about bare metal hypervisors. A fully functional virtualization platform, vSphere Hypervisor 5.5 supports an unlimited number of physical CPUs with 8 vCPUs per virtual machine and includes management via the VMware vSphere Client application. Mastering virtualization takes practice, and the free edition of VMware’s vSphere Hypervisor 5.5 can provide an effective training ground.
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