I'm looking to build a single ESXi server (Free Edition for now) for home lab usage. I know the basics of what I'll be getting (Quad-core Ivy Bridge or Haswell / 32GB mem / quad-port NIC), but storage ...

In the current virtualization landscape and the foreseeable future, free offerings continue to make legitimate claims to datacenters of all sizes. I want to focus on the free version of VMware ESXi in ...

I touched on this a few months back, but getting closer to actually moving ahead with it at long last. At home, I currently run a ZFS storage array (Box A) as a guest on an ESX host. I've now acquired ...

The cost and complexity of shared storage has limited the growth of VMware ESX in smaller organisations, says Mike Stolz US-based analyst ESG claims that 59 per cent of SMBs are installing Direct ...

How to install VMware’s ESXi hypervisor on bare-metal hardware Your email has been sent This walk-through will show you how to install VMware's ESXi hypervisor on ...

Backing up your VMware ESXi host configuration is critical for disaster recovery. If hardware fails or settings are accidentally changed, a backup allows you to quickly restore the host to its ...