HP mentioned earlier that they were going to offer the Citrix XenServer as an option in select HP Server models for $399. Dell at approximately the same time was rumored to be offering the VMware ESX3i embedded hypervisor for free on selected Dell server models.
No need to speculate anymore. Last week, Dell announced that they will be offering the VMware ESX3i hypervisor as well as the embedded Citrix XenServer hypervisor (called XenServer Express Edition). These embedded hypervisors are available as options in two new virtualization optimized servers: the Dell PowerEdgeT R805 and R905. The addition of these embedded hypervisor cost:
- $99 for ESX3i
- $299 for XenServer Express
The $200 price difference is obvious but I'm sure that XenServer experts would point out that for those extra $200 you get a GUI with XenServer Express.
What's also interesting is that Dell took
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