Vista - New to VS2005

Question and a comment.

I am 100% under the impression that vmware is for a "server" to run "xp" and
have multiple machines connect to this as their desktop. Or atleast some
version of that thought. My company is thinking of going with some version of
vmware where you need to install multiple versions of "xp" on the server so
this can be customized for individual "houses / vlans".
Thats fine, but they started taking consolidation of our servers. My company
wants to combine our Exchange, Payroll and BES into one server.
To me I would need to install 2003 Server three times on one VM. To me that
makes zero sense.
The above is an example of one machine and then what do I do with our file
and SQL servers. Create a second VM? We have five fairly new HP servers (<2
years) that should be able to run a company of 400 computers and 500 users.
My opinion.

My question is where and when should you use vmware? Really its useless to
me and is just reinventing the wheele if you will.
I am new to vmware itself but think I have a grasp on its usage.

TIA
Bill

"bondo" <bondo@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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This forum is for Microsoft Virtual Server, not VMWare!

What you are discussing doesn't sound like a use for either of those
products. Have a look at this article on desktop virtualization.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VDI

Server virtualization is something that you can do with Virtual Server or
VMWare or Microsoft Hyper-V in Server 2008. Yes, you do run multiple virtual
machines on each physical server, and each vm has its own OS. See this FAQ
for the pros and cons of doing this.

http://www.itmanagement.com/faq/server-virtualization/