Paul Krill
Editor at Large

VMware spruces up virtual machine 

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Feb 3, 20031 min

Software allows multiple OSes on same box 

VMware on Monday plans to announce general availability of GSX Server 2.5, the latest release of the company’s virtual machine software for running multiple operating systems concurrently on the same piece of hardware.

Used for functions such as server consolidation, Version 2.5 supports Windows operating systems and Linux, and adds support for Novell NetWare, Versions 4, 5, and 6 as guest operating systems in the new release.

GSX Server “actually saves people a lot of costs,” said Michael Mullany, senior director of product marketing at VMware, in Palo Alto, Calif.

“You can dramatically increase the utilization of your servers by consolidating,” he said.

Version 2.5 also features enhanced performance and manageability, support for as much as 64GB of host memory, and support for Intel servers with as many as 32 processors. As many as 64 powered-on virtual machines can be deployed on a single host system.

GSX Server 2.5 is available Monday, with pricing starting at $3,025 for a two-processor system.

Unisys on Monday plans to announce the availability of VMware GSX Server for the Unisys Enterprise Server ES7000 product line.

Under an agreement between Unisys and VMware, Unisys will provide support for both VMware GSX Server and for Microsoft Windows operating systems running in VMware virtual machines.

Paul Krill

Paul Krill is editor at large at InfoWorld. Paul has been covering computer technology as a news and feature reporter for more than 35 years, including 30 years at InfoWorld. He has specialized in coverage of software development tools and technologies since the 1990s, and he continues to lead InfoWorld’s news coverage of software development platforms including Java and .NET and programming languages including JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, and Go. Long trusted as a reporter who prioritizes accuracy, integrity, and the best interests of readers, Paul is sought out by technology companies and industry organizations who want to reach InfoWorld’s audience of software developers and other information technology professionals. Paul has won a “Best Technology News Coverage” award from IDG.

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