Comments on: 5 Reasons Why You Should Use VirtualBox Over VMware Server

By: Damien Oh

Damien Oh — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:17:41 +0000

You can use Virtualbox images on VMware, in a way. You just have to convert the vdi file to vmk.

By: RHo

RHo — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:26:16 +0000

Can Virtual box images be used on Vmware Workstation ? I think that may be a problem if I create virtual images with Virtual Box and my company decides to standardize on Vmware.

By: Schilinger33

Schilinger33 — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 22:28:49 +0000

do you guys have new conclusions about Vmware Server 2.0 and Virtualbox comparison ?
What's the best for enterprise environment from both ? I exclude ESX because I don't have budget for it.

By: Schilinger33

Schilinger33 — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 18:28:30 +0000

do you guys have new conclusions about Vmware Server 2.0 and Virtualbox comparison ?
What's the best for enterprise environment from both ? I exclude ESX because I don't have budget for it.

By: just_me

just_me — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:22:05 +0000

you do know you can install, create and manage your virtualbox images from ssh? virtualbox also has built in rdp as well…..

By: Damien Oh

Damien Oh — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:05:30 +0000

I would say is “all of the above”

By: chuenmon

chuenmon — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:25:01 +0000

For common users and common tasks on a common computer,
comparing Virtualbox with VMware Player,
which one is of these categories:
1.Simple software and easy to run yet good enough for common uses;
2.Requires less resources to setup and to run guests;
3.No or less additional requirements such as addons once it is setup;
4.Runs faster in general that the other.

Thank you for any and all advices!

By: jimbo

jimbo — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:17:09 +0000

you cant simply ssh Virtualbox or access a server as you do with vmware. This keeps me away instantly of it

By: jimbo

jimbo — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:17:00 +0000

you cant simply ssh Virtualbox or access a server as you do with vmware. This keeps me away instantly of it

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:32:59 +0000

I guess it depends what kind of applications it will run and on what kind of hardware.

Using a whole hard drive for the guest instead of a .VDI-contained guest might make the biggest difference as the hard disk access is usually the bottleneck.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:32:00 +0000

I guess it depends what kind of applications it will run and on what kind of hardware.

Using a whole hard drive for the guest instead of a .VDI-contained guest might make the biggest difference as the hard disk access is usually the bottleneck.

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By: Eli

Eli — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 07:46:20 +0000

I wonder if Virtualbox can be used in server environment. I will try to use Ubuntu Desktop with Virtualbox installed and then install Windows 2003 Server as Guest. This guest OS (Windows 2003) will be serving 40 computers. Any idea about this guys?

By: Eli

Eli — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 07:46:00 +0000

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By: Bogdan Dumitru

Bogdan Dumitru — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:52:12 +0000

VMWare Server 2.0 is a beautifully engineered virtual rack for servers. it does what is intended to do seamless and smooth. VBox has a completely different target.

The way i found that VM Server 2.0 works best is installing a minimal host OS that uses minimum CPU/Ram but has SCSI emulation for drives (very important)
Next, feel confortable to use SCSI PASSTHROUGH instead of virtual USB on guests for any USB/SATA/SAS/IDE even drives connected to the host. the speed difference is incredible.

from my test host machine i can type these in:
HOST HW: Pentium 4 HT @ 2.8 (Dell GX280)
Host OS: generic linux kernel 2.6.24
w/ VMWare server 2.0 built from sources
USB Drive – Lacie 1TB ( 35 MB/s read speed on normal environment )
in a BSD client, with USB passthrough i got 8-10 MB/s speed (RAW) and 28-31 MB/s by SCSI Passthrough.
The explanation is simple. With USB passthrough you already use SCSI emulation and on top of that USB …

Cheers.

By: Bogdan Dumitru

Bogdan Dumitru — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:52:00 +0000

VMWare Server 2.0 is a beautifully engineered virtual rack for servers. it does what is intended to do seamless and smooth. VBox has a completely different target.

Cheers.

By: Vivek

Vivek — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:52:57 +0000

Your 5 reasons, are somewhat mine too I love it for it’s speed and ease of use while I downloaded a 400MB VMware server app only to find out it runs inside a browser and has also the worst speed ( it took ages to just see the login screen of ubuntu )!!

By: Vivek

Vivek — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:52:00 +0000