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VinitKini
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Best OS for blade server with 24 Gb RAM
Blade Server Installation, blade server advice, Dell Blade Server, Dell 3000i SAN, Server virtualization, Blade servers, SAN
Hi,

We have purchased Dell blade servers with quad code dual CPU and 24 GB of RAM. We also purchase 3 TB SAN BOX. 


Want to know what is the best OS that should be setup as host OS on the blade so we can utilise all 24 GB RAM for hosting multiple VM's


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Dell Blade Server and Dell 3000i SAN
ASKED: Nov 11 2009  2:55 PM GMT
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You could install VMware ESX, or ESXi or Hyper-V or any other the other virtualization packages, although those two are the most popular.
Last Answered: Nov 12 2009  3:39 AM GMT by Mrdenny   49385 pts.
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Schmidtw   10520 pts.  |   Nov 11 2009  4:10PM GMT

You need to do a side by side comparison of OSes so you can choose based on features.

-Schmidtw