VMware ESXi is the easiest way to get started with virtualization
- & it's free. Consolidate your applications onto fewer servers & start saving money through reduced hardware, power, cooling & administration costs. VMware ESXi has been optimized & tested to run even your most resource intensive applications & databases with minimal performance overhead. Deliver unmatched levels of performance & reliability with VMware ESXi while saving money on hardware, power & cooling costs & running a more responsive datacenter. Create virtual machines quickly & easily with the menu-driven startup & automatic configurations or import a virtual appliance (a prepackaged virtual machine) from the VMware Virtual Appliance Marketplace. You can also deploy servers that have VMware ESXi preinstalled to experience true "plug & play" virtualization. Deploy a mature hypervisor technology that runs in tens of thousands of customer environments. Most hypervisors in the market today rely on a built-in operating system to perform core virtualization tasks such as allocating hardware resources to the various virtual machines that run on top. This means that your virtual machines are only as reliable as the built-in operating system. VMware ESXi has an ultra thin design with no reliance on a general purpose operating system. This architecture means that you can avoid the security hardening, user access control, anti-virus tasks & patching associated with a typical operating system. Its ultra thin code base installs directly on the server hardware for the ultimate reliability. Run email, databases, ERP & other resource-intensive applications on VMware ESXi's bare-metal architecture offering advanced memory management & support for scaled-up physical & virtual machines. You can also choose from the broadest range of supported guest operating systems, including Windows, Linux, Net Ware, Solaris & more. Get higher consolidation ratios with VMware ESXi. The m