VMware Server ESX
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VMware was one of the first virtualization software available for PC. With the ability to run almost any x86 based operating system as a guest operating system on top of another - it provides new possibilities for utilization of hardware. Both for development, test, demonstration and production server environments VMware provides a rock solid platform. Also new guest operating systems can be save as images, shared and used by anyone for free - using the freeware VMware Player.
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Open source VMware Server alternatives |
 Cooperative Linux 0.7.1
Available for: windows mac linux unix java
coLinux is an extremely interesting new approach to virtualization allowing you to run Linux parallel to your Windows platform. coLinux approaches the experimenting Linux novice - who does not... Read more |
VirtualBox 1.6
Available for: windows mac linux unix java
Originally a commercial product VirtualBox is now also available in an open source edition. The open source version is, however, always a version behind the commercial version and thus lacks some... Read more |
Xen 3.2
Available for: windows mac linux unix java
Xen is state-of-the-art virtualization on the PC - and it is even open source. With a high performance mainly due to it's architecture with the hypervisor and it's support for hardware virtualization... Read more |
OpenVZ 2.6
Available for: windows mac linux unix java
OpenVZ is a great alternative to standard virtualization offerings on the market, that unlike most other products only offers operating system level virtualization - and only on Linux. However, this... Read more |
