VMware virtualisation vs Traditional Hosting Solutions

VMware vs shared hosting and VPS
Hosted VMware virtual machines are superior to shared hosting or a virtual private server (VPS) because with their own dedicated operating system they are fully isolated from other virtual machines. With a hosted VMware virtual machine you no longer have to worry about having your hosted service overrun by another service on the same box.

VMware vs Dedicated Hosting
Hosted virtual machines deliver better availability than dedicated servers because they can be migrated from one server to another with no downtime. Hosted virtual machines are also easier to scale without purchasing additional hardware - and they are more secure because each virtual machine is completely abstracted from the hardware and isolated from other virtual machines.

Why We Chose VMware ESX Server for Our virtualisation Solution

• ESX Server runs directly on server hardware for near native virtual machine performance, reliability and scalability.
  
  
• ESX Server reduces virtualisation complexity with a compact 32MB form factor operating system which is a fraction of the size of a general purpose operating system. This provides unmatched security and reliability.
  
  
• ESX Server comprehensively virtualises CPU, memory, network and storage resources, making them intelligently available and balanced among numerous virtual machines, ensuring greater hardware utilisation and no impact on service levels.
  
  
• ESX Server runs transparent page sharing to utilise memory more efficiently - storing a single instance of shared memory pages.
  
  
• ESX Server uses memory ballooning to ensure workloads are not starved.
  
  
• ESX Server allows network performance optimisations to reduce CPU overhead.
  
  
• ESX Server allows for symmetric multi-processing - enabling a single virtual machine to use up to four physical processors simultaneously with 4-way VSMP