ZDNet puts Sun Virtual box 1.6 and VMWare 2.0 beta to test...
Monday Jul 21, 2008
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=8880
Conclusion (from zdnet.com)
Both xVM VirtualBox 1.6 and VMWare Server 2.0 are excellent free SMB/Personal virtualization solutions, each with its own set of advantages and disadvantages. VirtualBox has the widest range of host system support and has the lightest hardware demands, and excels for single PC personal virtualization needs, but requires more UNIX/Linux command-line skills when used as server virtualization solution. VMWare 2.0 has an excellent web-management UI with the lightest client payload, but this comes at the expense of heftier hardware requirements for good performance and a fatter software drop on the server.
Our verdict? We like both, and feel each will carve out its own specific niche. Ultimately, we’d like to see xVM VirtualBox with more user-friendly remote management capabilities, and we’d like to see VMWare Server 2.0 go on something of a diet and become more compatible with the wider base of installed browsers. Additionally, I’d like to finally see some fruit from the labor being put into the openvmtools project and get the VMWare tools built into the upstream kernel so this constant recompiling business with the kernel upgrades gets put to rest. But if this is what you have to put up with as an early adopter when you use a free host-based virtualization solution, I’m perfectly happy with either of the two."
