Comment Re:The real takeaway (Score 1) 209
Not true at all. Instead of buying a new server or ghosting an existing machine you can deploy a template. VMware trots out the Discovery channel folks quite a bit, they cut down requisition time for a new server from 1 week to a few hours.
Sure you have some problems occasionally, a vmdk might get locked on ESX or an unsupported guest like Debian take some work to get up and running. But if you lost a machine all you need to do is restore the VM and you're up and running again and only had to wait for your tape drive.
Maybe you do need more personel. But if you do it's only because you're able to run more machines in less physical space with a lower hardware cost than before.
Sure you have some problems occasionally, a vmdk might get locked on ESX or an unsupported guest like Debian take some work to get up and running. But if you lost a machine all you need to do is restore the VM and you're up and running again and only had to wait for your tape drive.
Maybe you do need more personel. But if you do it's only because you're able to run more machines in less physical space with a lower hardware cost than before.
