Comments on: Moving ESX Into Firmware http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/06/15/moving-esx-into-firmware/ The weblog of an IT pro specializing in virtualization, storage, and servers Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:13:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: guncel http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/06/15/moving-esx-into-firmware/comment-page-1/#comment-45503 guncel Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:11:09 +0000 http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/06/15/moving-esx-into-firmware/#comment-45503 I just have a T2000, i wish i could read this post before i have. Thank you. I just have a T2000, i wish i could read this post before i have. Thank you.

]]> By: slowe http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/06/15/moving-esx-into-firmware/comment-page-1/#comment-39553 slowe Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:09:44 +0000 http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/06/15/moving-esx-into-firmware/#comment-39553 All, Obviously things have changed quite a bit since this was posted, and ESXi has been fully released. People now understand what it is, and what it isn't, and it's more clear now how the OEMs are marketing it and supplying it with their hardware. All,

Obviously things have changed quite a bit since this was posted, and ESXi has been fully released. People now understand what it is, and what it isn’t, and it’s more clear now how the OEMs are marketing it and supplying it with their hardware.

]]> By: freddie http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/06/15/moving-esx-into-firmware/comment-page-1/#comment-39539 freddie Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:06:25 +0000 http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/06/15/moving-esx-into-firmware/#comment-39539 Go EMC.. Way better than SUN!! Sorry. Realize that may be a very unpopular thing to say. But that's my opinion on this... Sure, Dell had some major problems when they went into this, but they pulled back and pushed EMC and the stuff has been solid ever since. Go EMC.. Way better than SUN!! Sorry. Realize that may be a very unpopular thing to say. But that’s my opinion on this… Sure, Dell had some major problems when they went into this, but they pulled back and pushed EMC and the stuff has been solid ever since.

]]> By: Rick http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/06/15/moving-esx-into-firmware/comment-page-1/#comment-33587 Rick Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:01:07 +0000 http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/06/15/moving-esx-into-firmware/#comment-33587 EMC already sells their SANs through DELL so I do not see how this is going to be any different. The Current SANs retain the EMC name so I would imagine it will simply be marketed as a PowerEdge server with ESX technology. In addition you will need to purchase virtual center to take advantange of the HA and DR pieces of the picture. My question is: are you loosing anything by going with the Firmware version? Will it still support Vmotion and the other features that the disk based version has. I have not found any firm information on this yet so it will be interesting to see what the features are when VMware makes the official release announcement. EMC already sells their SANs through DELL so I do not see how this is going to be any different. The Current SANs retain the EMC name so I would imagine it will simply be marketed as a PowerEdge server with ESX technology. In addition you will need to purchase virtual center to take advantange of the HA and DR pieces of the picture. My question is: are you loosing anything by going with the Firmware version? Will it still support Vmotion and the other features that the disk based version has. I have not found any firm information on this yet so it will be interesting to see what the features are when VMware makes the official release announcement.

]]> By: slowe http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/06/15/moving-esx-into-firmware/comment-page-1/#comment-32761 slowe Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:50:55 +0000 http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/06/15/moving-esx-into-firmware/#comment-32761 Matt, Do you mean "indistinguishable", or are you saying that the functionality Sun is including in the T2000 will be noticeably different from hard partitioning? If this functionality will be different, I'm curious to know the ways in which it will be different, and what the limitations and advantages are to each approach. Matt,

Do you mean “indistinguishable”, or are you saying that the functionality Sun is including in the T2000 will be noticeably different from hard partitioning? If this functionality will be different, I’m curious to know the ways in which it will be different, and what the limitations and advantages are to each approach.

]]> By: matt http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/06/15/moving-esx-into-firmware/comment-page-1/#comment-32752 matt Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:30:35 +0000 http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/06/15/moving-esx-into-firmware/#comment-32752 This is what SUN is doing in their forthcoming T2000 series servers. The virtualization happens in firmware and is distinguishable from their other tricks like hard partitioning on the BIG iron. This is what SUN is doing in their forthcoming T2000 series servers. The virtualization happens in firmware and is distinguishable from their other tricks like hard partitioning on the BIG iron.

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