VMware to Certify Broader Range of One, Two, and Four Socket Systems
June 6th, 2008 | 
Author: One of the most popular topics of discussion in the virtualization community has always been about installing ESX on a whitebox server. Two of the most popular posts on VM /ETC have been ESX home lab hardware shopping list and Cheap ESX solutions for testing which are both about finding and using hardware not on the VMware HCL that can run ESX. Now, with VMware announcing new relationships with ASUS, Gigabyte, Tyan, Inventec, and Supermicro, ESX 3.5 and ESXi will be certified, supported, and even ship embedded on more server platforms than ever before.
VMware provides a timeframe of availability in the official announcement linked above:
“VMware ESX and ESXi are certified on server systems from Supermicro and available immediately. VMware ESX and ESXi are expected to be certified and available on server systems from ASUS, Gigabyte, Inventec and Tyan by the end of the third quarter of 2008.”
Coupled with the fact that ESX is now supported to run on single processor hosts, this makes VMware’s virtualization infrastructure solution more accessible and affordable to all size companies.
Several other popular virtualization web sites reported on this announcement this week as well.
Sys-con.com reports in their article VMware Expands Virtualization Options for Partners and Customers Worldwide:
“The relationships will enable channel partners and system builders worldwide to make virtualization available to a broader range of customers by certifying a wide range of one-, two- and four-socket server systems as well as blade servers for the VMware virtualization platform. This provides customers of all sizes even greater flexibility when selecting the servers most suited to their needs. The vendors are certifying their server systems for the VMware ESX and ESXi hypervisor, with certified systems expected to be available later this year.”
Crn.com reports in their article VMware Extends Server Virtualization To Custom Server Market:
“The move could have a big impact on the channel, especially the custom system builders who purchase motherboards from those vendors and who can now make it easy for partners to implement virtual servers ..”
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