product details
- Implementing server consolidation
- Guaranteeing service levels and delivering high availability
- Increasing capacity without adding new systems
- Consolidating applications and servers on blade servers
- Scaling your hardware and software infrastructure
- Scalability - With Virtual SMP, ESX Server 2 is the only Intel-based virtual machine company that can effectively consolidate and scale ALL enterprise applications. Customers can now deploy their entire range of applications - from file and print services to the most resource-intensive applications - in secure, portable, virtual machines.
- High availability - ESX Server 2 has new functionality to improve single system high availability and make it easier for enterprises to run in production environments. By adding NIC teaming capabilities and improving SAN support, ESX Server is able to offer increased reliability and performance and integrate seamlessly into existing storage network topologies.
- Blade support - ESX Server 2 now supports blades! ESX Server will run on blade servers from HP and IBM.
- Usability - ESX Server 2 adds a new management UI and better resource controls.
- TCO - ESX Server reduces hardware and software costs by 30-45% by providing up to 80 separate virtual machines on a single system. It enables consolidation of lightly loaded servers onto higher-end systems to increase the efficiency of physical resources, guarantee quality of service for each customer or department system, and improve management and control. ESX Server reduces costs by using the 80-90% server capacity, typically unused.
product compatibility
- NetWare
- Novell BorderManager
- Novell eDirectory
- Novell GroupWise
system requirements/details
CPU: 2-32 CPU, 750MHz or faster x86-based server
Memory: Min. 512MB
Hard Disk: 2GB + 1GB per virtual machine
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regional availability
- Asia Pacific
- Europe, Middle East & Africa
- Japan
- Latin America
- North America
language availability
- English
- German
- Japanese
certification
This product has demonstrated compatibility by successfully completing Novell's stringent product certification requirements.
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