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VMWare Workstation 6.5 vs. VMWare Server 2.0

Hi All,

I have a 32 bit desktop with Windows XP pro 4 GB RAM (3.25 GB detected)

I'd like to build my own internal Active directory domain which consist of several servers + exchange server, I wonder of which sofware that i should use for this purpose (multiple VM), i know that i could not install ESXi on my current quadcore desktop, therefore I'd like to know of which VMWare product that is better to serve my needs above ?

Thanks.

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Paul Solovyovsky

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jjoz

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This is what I'd like to do with the current implementation of VMWare Workstation.
in this case I might need o install 64 bit OS in order to achieve this goal.

is it possible to build a DMZ using the VMWare Workstation for my Edge transport and ISA Server 2006 (Firewall) ?

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ok, that does sounds great to me :-)

at the moment I'm about to open port 25 for email traffic and 80 for the website

Thanks for the reply.

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Haxus

Not looking for any points here, but why can you not run ESXi on your quad core? If you lack hardware support for your chipset that's one thing, but as long as you have a single processor and a supported mobo, you can use as many cores as you like under the ESXi license. The only thing that matters is multiple physical processors. If you had two Quad Core Xeons then that's where you would run into a problem. Nothing wrong with Workstation, just ESXi has less overhead and wanted to make sure you knew it may still be an option.

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John

Hello jjoz - I think you have gotten the answer to your initial questions and should consider closing this question. You can always open a new question for more issues. ... Thinkpads_User

jjoz

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thanks to all for your helps.

John

Thanks jjoz. If you need more assistance, please do start a new question. ... Thinkpads_User

jjoz

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Thanks guys, I'll upgrade my RAM to 8 GB and use Vista Business x64 :-)

Cheers.