How Does VMware ESXi Work?
Building on the legacy of the market-leading VMware ESX, a production proven, stable and mature hypervisor, VMware ESXi is the culmination of almost a decade of research into hypervisor design. VMware ESXi offers the same great performance and scalability in a compact, 32-MB package. (For a complete description of the features and capabilities of VMware ESX, please visit www.vmware.com/products/vi/esx/.) At a fraction of the size of general purpose operating system, the 32-MB footprint of VMware ESXi sets a new bar for security due to a smaller “attack surface.” This small footprint and hardware-like reliability also enable VMware ESXi to be built directly into industry standard x86 servers. Customers can now deploy diskless servers attached to shared storage, removing the most failure prone server component, while decreasing power and cooling requirements. VMware ESXi works with standards-based monitoring protocols and is easily managed one-to-one with the VMware Infrastructure Client
