If we look at the way a virtual machine (and a physical machine, indirectly) runs, the most important resources are RAM and CPU. Disk storage is (sort of) secondary. The exception to this is streaming media or backup servers. Typically, performance difference is minimal.
Whilst researching some storage options for a client, I stumbled across this pretty useful information
As we all know, it’s a 440BX based mother board being fed into our virtual machines. The advantage? It’s sooooooooo generic that every operation system should be able to recognise and use it.
Has that changed in vSphere (ESX 4)?
Vmware’s launch of their new operating system, vSphere (Vmware ESX 4!), is being lauded as the first “cloud operating system”.