What is the Upside to VMware to the SMB?
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The planet a really long time ago was a Dell shop (like8-10 years). Softlayer is a supermicro shop, and stayed that way after IBM bought them. Shortly after this IBM sold off the X servers.
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Thank you for voicing so eloquently what some of us have been trying to wrap our heads around. I personally come from a frugal era of IT and will always scout free solutions before coughing up the cash or subscribing to a (shudder) recurring licensing fee. We used to buy our modem banks by sniping eBay auctions, and that was at a tri-state telecom. I realize you need to spend money to make money, but unnecessary expenditures should still be avoid if possible, imo.
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@chrisnbrooks said in What is the Upside to VMware to the SMB?:
Thank you for voicing so eloquently what some of us have been trying to wrap our heads around. I personally come from a frugal era of IT and will always scout free solutions before coughing up the cash or subscribing to a (shudder) recurring licensing fee. We used to buy our modem banks by sniping eBay auctions, and that was at a tri-state telecom. I realize you need to spend money to make money, but unnecessary expenditures should still be avoid if possible, imo.
XenServer + CentOS is a huge moneysaver. Virtualization period is a pretty big money saver.
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@John-Nicholson said in What is the Upside to VMware to the SMB?:
The planet a really long time ago was a Dell shop (like8-10 years). Softlayer is a supermicro shop, and stayed that way after IBM bought them. Shortly after this IBM sold off the X servers.
I am, once again, down the street from them. It's been a long time.
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Are you guys actually going to be staying in Texas for a while or are you just checking to make sure the house is still standing?
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@dafyre said in What is the Upside to VMware to the SMB?:
Are you guys actually going to be staying in Texas for a while or are you just checking to make sure the house is still standing?
Texas for two weeks to see family. Dallas for the weekend to party at the house.
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@scottalanmiller I'll be flying out of Love Field on Thursday.
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@brianlittlejohn said in What is the Upside to VMware to the SMB?:
@scottalanmiller I'll be flying out of Love Field on Thursday.
Nice, I can almost walk there from here. It's right down the road.
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@scottalanmiller Unfortunately it will be a 5 hour drive to get there for me.
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@brianlittlejohn said in What is the Upside to VMware to the SMB?:
@scottalanmiller Unfortunately it will be a 5 hour drive to get there for me.
To be fair, it would be a five hour walk for me.
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@chrisnbrooks said in What is the Upside to VMware to the SMB?:
Thank you for voicing so eloquently what some of us have been trying to wrap our heads around. I personally come from a frugal era of IT and will always scout free solutions before coughing up the cash or subscribing to a (shudder) recurring licensing fee. We used to buy our modem banks by sniping eBay auctions, and that was at a tri-state telecom. I realize you need to spend money to make money, but unnecessary expenditures should still be avoid if possible, imo.
You're welcome
