The role of VMware virtual machine

  virtual machine Not only in learning and experiment , It can also be directly applied to reality . Use VMware GSX Server or VMware ESX Server、Microsoft Virtual Server, You can run multiple virtual machine servers on a high-performance server at the same time , Each virtual machine is equivalent to an independent server that directly provides external services , It has the same function as the server in the network

According to the configuration and performance of the server , Use VMware GSX Server, It can be provided on one server at the same time 32～64 Virtual machines ( Every CPU Most support 4 Virtual machines , Most support 32 individual CPU),VMware ESX Server( Every CPU Most support 8 Virtual machines ) and Microsoft Virtual Server At most... Can be provided at the same time 64 Virtual machines .

In enterprise applications ,VMware Walking in Microsoft In front of . Use VMware Provided VMware VirtualCenter and Vmotion, It can manage thousands of machines at a single point Windows NT/2000/2003、Linux、Netware The server , And you can move active virtual machines from one physical system to another , So as to provide uninterrupted service .

Use VMware P2V Assistant, It can convert a physical computer system into an image , for VMware Virtual machine usage . It can quickly and reliably Convert Windows NT/2000/2003 All kinds of physical systems are migrated to virtual machines .

Of course we use VMware When To download an image （ To install that system, you need to download that image ） Just use it , Then start the virtual machine - Install the system corresponding to the image （ That kind of image installs that kind of system ）.