Comments on: VMware Server 2 Vs VMware Workstation http://malaysiavm.com/blog/vmwareserver2/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:53:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: superman http://malaysiavm.com/blog/vmwareserver2/comment-page-1/#comment-409 superman Sun, 14 Dec 2008 03:38:06 +0000 http://malaysiavm.com/blog/?p=585#comment-409 VMware Workstation is intended for "desktop use", for a user who creates and edits Virtual Machines and uses them on his/hers desktop. It has features useful for product development that no other VMware product has such as integration with Visual Studio/Eclipse or VM teams, where the network between virtual machines in the team can be specified, including bandwidth and packet loss. VMware Workstation usually gets the new virtual hardware releases first and supports the widest guest OS range. It is optimized for interactive use and has some Direct3D capabilities (DirectX 8.1, directX 9 is in the works and is present in Workstation 6.5). Workstation supports multiple snapshots. VMware Workstation needs to be installed on a host with a graphical system and runs your virtual machines inside the application, while on VMware Server the virtual machines run in the background as a service and the host don't need a graphical interface installed. VMware Server is meant for running server-like workloads. This means that the interactive desktop performance is not as good as workstation since the GUI is talking over the network in Server, while it's talking locally in workstation. VMware Server supports a single snapshot. VMware Workstation is intended for “desktop use”, for a user who creates and edits Virtual Machines and uses them on his/hers desktop. It has features useful for product development that no other VMware product has such as integration with Visual Studio/Eclipse or VM teams, where the network between virtual machines in the team can be specified, including bandwidth and packet loss. VMware Workstation usually gets the new virtual hardware releases first and supports the widest guest OS range. It is optimized for interactive use and has some Direct3D capabilities (DirectX 8.1, directX 9 is in the works and is present in Workstation 6.5). Workstation supports multiple snapshots.
VMware Workstation needs to be installed on a host with a graphical system and runs your virtual machines inside the application, while on VMware Server the virtual machines run in the background as a service and the host don’t need a graphical interface installed.

VMware Server is meant for running server-like workloads. This means that the interactive desktop performance is not as good as workstation since the GUI is talking over the network in Server, while it’s talking locally in workstation. VMware Server supports a single snapshot.

]]> By: craig http://malaysiavm.com/blog/vmwareserver2/comment-page-1/#comment-354 craig Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:58:09 +0000 http://malaysiavm.com/blog/?p=585#comment-354 HI Max, agree with you, I had use a wrong term, is Freeware instead of open source. HI Max, agree with you, I had use a wrong term, is Freeware instead of open source.

]]> By: Max Hyatt http://malaysiavm.com/blog/vmwareserver2/comment-page-1/#comment-351 Max Hyatt Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:56:21 +0000 http://malaysiavm.com/blog/?p=585#comment-351 VMware Server 2 is not open source. Its Proprietary, Freeware - http://bit.ly/SoFK VMware Server 2 is not open source. Its Proprietary, Freeware – http://bit.ly/SoFK

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