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VMware GSX Server Administration Guide
VMware GSX Server: Enterprise-Class
Virtual Infrastructure for x86-Based
Servers
VMware® GSX Server is virtual infrastructure for enterprise IT administrators who want
to consolidate servers and streamline development and testing operations. GSX
Server is easily installed and managed, and provides rapid return on investment (ROI).
Unlike other virtualization products, GSX Server is enterprise-proven, preserves
freedom of choice and offers an upgrade path to datacenter-class virtualization.
Because it has over four years of proven success, thousands of customers trust
VMware GSX Server as their virtualization solution. Easily installed on Windows or
Linux platforms, GSX Server provides advanced capabilities that make it the most
flexible server virtualization product on the market. GSX Server is part of the widely
deployed VMware virtual infrastructure solution with virtual machines compatible
across all VMware products, and with unified management and provisioning provided
by VMware VirtualCenter.
VMware GSX Server simplifies computing infrastructure by partitioning and isolating
servers in secure and transportable virtual machines, each of which can run standard
Windows, Linux or NetWare operating systems and applications. GSX Server allows
you to remotely manage, automatically provision and standardize virtual machines on
a secure, uniform platform.
Thousands of enterprise customers rely on VMware GSX Server to deliver server
scalability, reliability and high availability and to maximize return on IT investments.
Use GSX Server across the enterprise to:
• Streamline software development and testing operations with easily provisioned
and managed server-based virtual machines.
• Implement server consolidation for new and legacy departmental server
applications.
• Provision servers rapidly to local or remote locations.
• Streamline operating system and application patch management.