VMWare server vs ESXi - what't the difference?

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Boris Gorelik picture Boris Gorelik · Oct 2, 2008 · Viewed 14.9k times · Source

I can't figure out what is the difference between these two programs. Specifically, I'm interested in running a virtual server in the background, as a daemon (Linux host OS)

Answer

Michael Burr picture Michael Burr · Oct 2, 2008

VMware Server runs as an application on a normal OS Windows or Linux. ESXi installs it's own hypervisor as the base OS.

If you're asking about this, then it's likely that you should start out with VMware Server.

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