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The free VMware Server is based upon VMware’s proven virtualization technology. With this robust yet easy to use software you can:

* Accelerate server provisioning by building a virtual machine once and deploying it multiple times
* Easily evaluate software in ready-to-run virtual machines without installation and configuration
* Simplify IT testing of patches, new applications and operating systems by allowing systems administrators to test in a secure virtual machine environment and be able to roll back to a clean state by using the snapshot feature
* Re-host legacy operating systems such as Windows 2000, Windows NT Server 4.0 and Windows 2003 in a virtual machine running on new hardware and operating system
* Leverage pre-built, ready-to-run virtual appliances that include virtual hardware, operating system and application environments from the Virtual Appliance Marketplace

Features:

Get ready for a superior introductory experience to virtualization with this stable, easy-to-use hosted virtualization platform that supports a broad range of operating systems and hardware.

Key Features:

* Installs like an application, with simple, wizard-driven installation and virtual machine creation process
* Includes a web based management interface with a simple, flexible, secure, intuitive and productive management experience
* Runs on any standard x86 hardware, including Intel and AMD hardware virtualization assisted systems
* Runs on a wider variety of Linux and Windows host and guest operating systems than any server virtualization product on the market
* Supports two-processor Virtual SMP, enabling a single virtual machine to span multiple physical processors
* Captures entire state of a virtual machine and rolls back at any time with the click of a single button
* Protects investment with an easy virtual machine migration path to VMware Infrastructure

New Features in VMware Server 2:

* New operating system support: The broadest operating system support of any host-based virtualization platform currently available, including support for Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista Business Edition and Ultimate Edition (guest only), Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Ubuntu 8.04.
* 64-bit operating system support: Use 64-bit guest operating systems on 64-bit hardware to enable more scalable and higher performing computing solutions. In addition, Server 2 will run natively on 64-bit Linux host operating systems.
* VMware Infrastructure (VI) Web Access management interface: VI Web Access management interface provides a simple, flexible, secure, intuitive and productive management experience. Plus, access thousands of pre-built, pre-configured, ready-to-run enterprise applications packaged with an operating system inside a virtual machine at the Virtual Appliance Marketplace.
* Independent virtual machine console: With the new VMware Remote Console, you can access your virtual machine consoles independent of the VI Web Access management interface.
* More scalable virtual machines: Support for up to 8 GB of RAM and up to10 virtual network interface cards per virtual machine, transfer data at faster data rates from USB 2.0 devices plus add new SCSI hard disks and controllers to a running virtual machine.
* Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS): Properly backup the state of the Windows virtual machines when using the snapshot feature to maintain data integrity of the applications running inside the virtual machine.
* Support for Virtual Machine Interface (VMI): This feature enables transparent paravirtualization, in which a single binary version of the operating system can run either on native hardware or in paravirtualized mode to improve performance in specific Linux environments.