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- Get the broadest hardware support
- Access the largest number of guest operating systems
- Gain access to broad application support
- Leverage our partner support programs
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Benefit from Broad Hardware Support
VMware works closely with system OEMs and peripheral manufacturers to certify VMware ESX with their hardware—usually delivering certification on or shortly after those products are first released. See the VMware Certified Compatibility Guides for full details on hardware and device support.
While other virtualization platform vendors may claim they don’t need a hardware compatibility list because they use generic general purpose operating system drivers, this claim is not accurate. For instance, Citrix XenServer has a hardware compatibility lists (HCL), and it is much smaller than VMware’s. Microsoft achieves broad hardware support because they use the same Windows Server 2008 drivers for Hyper-V deployments. But, those Windows drivers have traditionally been the major root cause of Windows instabilities, so there is a clear trade-off with reliability.
VMware ESX 4.0 |
Citrix XenServer 5.5 |
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|---|---|---|
| Supported Servers | >1,550 certified |
>250 certified |
| Supported Storage Controllers | >650 certified |
>125 certified |
| Supported Storage | >850 certified |
>125 certified |
| Supported Network I/O Cards | >350 certified |
>125 certified |
