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VMware´s free server virtualization product, VMware Server is now as version 2.0 RC1 available for download.

What´s new:

-- 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.
-- Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI): Support for fast and efficient communication between a virtual machine and the host operating system and between two or more virtual machines on the same host.
-- Support for SCSI pass-through (generic) devices: Allows for SCSI devices such as tape backup devices to be connected to virtual machines.
-- Expand disk capacity on the fly: Allows for adding new SCSI hard disks and controllers to a running virtual machine.
-- Firefox 3 as a supported browser for the management interface.
-- Remote Client Devices: Access devices such as CD-ROMs that are not physically connected to the host via VMware Remote Console
-- and more....

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