many as the hardware allows, which depends on the amount of available RAM, disk, and system resources—or up to 64 virtual machines.

Virtual Server 2005 R2 is the next version of Virtual Server 2005, which was released October 1, 2004. Virtual Server 2005 R2 is the current shipping product and is now available as a free download. Virtual Server R2 provides customer improved performance, availability, and scalability in order to increase operational efficiency in server consolidation, application re-hosting, disaster recovery, and software test and development.

Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (Windows Server 2003 SP1 support for Virtual Server 2005 R2 only) In April 2005, Microsoft announced future plans to support additional third-party operating systems, including certain Linux distributions, on Virtual Server 2005 R2. More details of the specific guest operating systems that will be supported and the means of support will be provided at a later date.

A complete list of emulated hardware included in Virtual Server 2005 R2 is located in the Virtual Server Administrator’s Guide: Supports a single 1.44 MB floppy disk drive and mapping to real floppy disk drives or virtual floppy disks. Emulates up to two serial ports that can be mapped to physical serial ports, local named pipes, and files. Emulates a standard PS/2 Microsoft IntelliMouse? pointing device, but can be mapped to a PS/2 device on the physical computer.

Virtual Server 2005 can use up to 64 GB of memory. Large memory support requires Physical Addressing Extensions (PAE) to be enabled on the host operating system. See the Virtual Server 2005 Administrator's Guide and Virtual Server 2005 Programmer's Guide, which are installed with Virtual Server in the Microsoft Virtual Server Program Group on the Start menu.

No. Virtual Server 2005 R2 does not support Direct3D. Virtual Server emulates an S3Trio64 video card for 2d video. Virtual machines do not receive additional protection running in a virtualized environment. Each virtual machine is its own entity and needs to be patched individually.

Building PXE from source requires JDK 5.0, as PXE sources make some use of generics. JDK 5.0 should be used to run PXE (see Running PXE on 1.4 for additional information regarding JDK 1.4 deployment).

The number of virtual machines running per host depends on several things, including physical memory, processor, and workload running in the guest. With Virtual Server 2005 R2, you define the amount of memory available to a virtual machine, and that memory allocation can be altered to reflect the needs of the virtual machine.

The Blue Reef Virtual Server System is designed to handle a low-to-medium hit load (under 100,000 hits a day). If a site begins to receive over 100,000 hits a day, its web page response will begin to be affected. Individuals who have web sites experiencing over 100,000 hits per day should consider a dedicated server solution.

Yes. CLDC-based applications can execute in other Java Virtual Machines, provided that the required CLDC libraries, profiles, and/or optional packages are also available.

A.) New accounts for first time customers typically take one to two business days while we verify billing information and secure agreements.

A Virtual Server is defined as a service port, and all requests to this port will be redirected to the computer specified by the server IP. For example, if you have an FTP Server at 205.20.45.34 and a Web server at 205.20.45.35, then you need to specify the virtual server in the mapping table.

This form of hosting is also commonly referred to as a "Virtual Server" or "Bulk Hosting" because you purchase a set number of domains hosting accounts, or a set amount of disk space and bandwidth, and can manage it yourself without the assistance of an administrator. This gives you most of the control you would have if you had your own "Dedicated Server" without the high setup fees, and ongoing costs of maintaining your own equipment.

Each virtual private server looks and behaves exactly like a real dedicated server system, complete with your own set of unix init scripts, user logins, system processes, file-systems with unlimited root access, and custom application software such as the apache web server. VPS servers provide the highest level of security just like a dedicated server, complete with customizable firewall protection and secure isolated disk space.

VMware Server offers a user friendly, wizard driven capability to create any custom virtual machine. VMware Server users can also download and run plug-and-play virtual appliances from the VMTN Virtual Machine Center.

VMware Server can be managed with a local and remote management user interfaces or over the web. In addition, VMware Server and virtual machines can also be managed with scripts using a set of APIs that are included. Finally, users can also use VirtualCenter for VMware Server add-on to provision, monitor and manage their IT infrastructure

Blue Reef STRONGLY recommends that you pay for your Virtual Server with a credit card. Payment with a credit card will ensure that your account is not deactivated due to lost mail or other problems. Please update Blue Reef with your credit card information if you receive a new credit card number and/or expiration date. Problems may arise with your account if your card expires. There is a reactivation charge of $50 for accounts deactivated because of nonpayment.