VMware is one of the market leaders of virtualization solutions and VMware ESXi is a well-known type 1 hypervisor that is highly respected by IT specialists. More and more people as well as companies are deploying ESXi servers in their environments for running virtual machines. An ESXi hypervisor is provided as a part of VMware vSphere which, in turn, comes with different licensing options for each edition. Each VMware vSphere edition has its own price but VMware also provides a free version of ESXi. Today’s blog post explores features of free VMware ESXi as well as restrictions and limitations that await you if you use this version of an ESXi hypervisor.
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