Hi all,
I'm going to make the leap from Windows 2008 to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server as I did some recent testing and there really is a dramatic improvement in web server response times when hosting on a Linux server.
This server will be a single guest o/s dedicated to hosting OTRS and SugarCRM CE for 10-20 agents/users (plus 5 OTRS customers at any one time). Not an huge demand but still enough to run a little slugish under our current older windows server.
The new production server will be:
Dell Poweredge R300
Quad Core Xeon L5410 (2.33GHZ)
8GB RAM
My question is: Baring in mind this server will be for just one guest, what form of VMware should I run? I imagined I would use Workstation 9 running on Ubuntu desktop and the guest to be Ubuntu server. But someone once I suggested I use ESX/ESXi even if I only use one VM on it as it's easier to back up or migrate to other hardware.
Thanks in advance for any advice.