VMware ESX Server is an enterprise-level virtualization product offered by VMware, Inc. ESX Server is a component of VMware's larger offering, VMware Infrastructure, which adds mana... More
VMware ESX Server is an enterprise-level virtualization product offered by VMware, Inc. ESX Server is a component of VMware's larger offering, VMware Infrastructure, which adds management and reliability services to the core server product. The basic server requires some form of persistent storage - typically an array of hard disk drives - for storing the virtualization kernel and support files. A variant of this design, called ESX Server ESXi Embedded, does away with the first requirement by moving the server kernel into a dedicated hardware device. Both variants support the services offered by Virtual Infrastructure.
VMware ESX, an enterprise-level product, can deliver greater performance than the freeware VMware Server, due to lower system overhead. In addition, VMware ESX integrates into VMware Virtual Infrastructure, which offers extra services to enhance the reliability and manageability of a server deployment. The VMware Server product offers a user interface with a similar look-and-feel to VMware Workstation.
VMware ESX can be installed on bare-metal directly, without the need for a host Operating System, thereby increasing performance by replacing a generic operating system with one highly tuned for virtualization.
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