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VMware GSX Server: Enterprise-Class Virtual Infrastructure for Intel-Based Servers
VMware GSX Server: Enterprise-Class Virtual Infrastructure for Intel-Based Servers
VMwareŽ GSX Server is virtual infrastructure for enterprise IT administrators who want to consolidate servers and streamline development and testing operations. GSX Server is easily installed and managed, and provides rapid return on investment (ROI). Unlike other virtualization products, GSX Server is enterprise-proven, preserves freedom of choice and offers an upgrade path to datacenter-class virtualization.
Because it has over three years of proven success, thousands of customers trust VMware GSX Server as their virtualization solution. Easily installed on Windows or Linux platforms, GSX Server provides advanced capabilities that make it the most flexible server virtualization product on the market. GSX Server is part of the widely deployed VMware virtual infrastructure solution with virtual machines compatible across all VMware products, and with unified management and provisioning provided by VMware VirtualCenter.
VMware GSX Server simplifies computing infrastructure by partitioning and isolating servers in secure and transportable virtual machines, each of which can run standard Windows, Linux or NetWare operating systems and applications. GSX Server allows you to remotely manage, automatically provision and standardize virtual machines on a secure, uniform platform.
Thousands of enterprise customers rely on VMware GSX Server to deliver server scalability, reliability and high availability and to maximize return on IT investments. Use GSX Server across the enterprise to:
Streamline software development and testing operations with easily provisioned and managed server-based virtual machines.
Implement server consolidation for new and legacy departmental server applications.
Provision servers rapidly to local or remote locations.
Streamline operating system and application patch management.
Key GSX Server 3 Benefits
GSX Server 3 offers the following key benefits:
Shipping for over three years, with thousands of successful customers, VMware GSX Server is the most flexible and easily deployed server virtualization product on the market.
Offers widest selection of supported host and guest operating systems of any virtualization technology — preserves your freedom to choose the best operating system platform.
Integrates easily into any environment for ultimate versatility — installs like an application and runs on any standard x86 hardware.
Supports large server — up to 64GB of host memory, 32 host processors and 64 powered-on virtual machines — for ultimate scalability, extensibility and robustness.
Offers virtual machine compatibility across the entire VMware family of virtualization products and is ready to run with VMware VirtualCenter.
Supports advanced virtual machine clustering for high-availability applications.
Ensures reliable server consolidation through isolated virtual partitions.
Allows secure remote management.
Permits full network connectivity for virtual machines.
Automates monitoring and control of virtual machines with VmCOM and VmPerl Scripting APIs.
Runs virtual disk files on any system with current VMware software installed.