Frank DENIS random thoughts.

VMWare Server 2 beta is now available

VMWare server is a free virtualization tool for Windows and Linux.

A beta version of VMWare Server 2 is now available and it brings the missing features from the latest versions of VMWare Fusion and VMWare Workstation :

  • Support for Windows Server 2008
  • Up to 8 Gb of RAM for per virtual guest
  • Support for 2 CPUs per guest
  • Up to 64 guests running at the same time (wow… if you can afford so much RAM, you can probably afford buying real machines…)
  • 64-bits guests support
  • Paravirtualization using the VMI interface. No need for any specific kernel like Xen, you just need a recent Linux kernel for this.
  • Support for USB 2.0 devices.

Here’s where you can download VMWare Server 2 beta for Free.