VMware ESX Server in the Enterprise: Planning and Securing Virtualization Servers
£23.20
Some good content - but dreadfully presented - I agree with the earlier reviewer, who noted that whilst there is some useful information here - some of it at a relatively advanced level, its buried in what I can only describe as the biggest mess of a technical manual I ve ever seen.There appears to have been almost no proof-reading done at all - page after page of spelling mistakes, grammar that makes entire paragraphs look like they were written by a five year old child and information that is very poorly presented all add to the feeling that this book was deliberately rushed out to print.Compare this with the excellent Mastering VMWare Infrastructure 3 by Chris McCain - which is well-written, concise, informative and (most importantly) proof-read before publication!
Rushed to print? - There s a lot of useful information in this book and it s obvious that the author has significant field experience. However the book is let down by the lack of adequate proof-reading which becomes increasingly irritating, chapter after chapter.There is no coverage of ESX 3.5 or ESXi and the effort to cover 2.5.x is worthy but of questionable relevance, beyond describing issues to be considered when upgrading.A second edition, properly edited, proof-read, minus the 2.5.x references and updated to take account of recent VMware developments would be a welcome prospect.
Informative and to the point - Ed s in depth knowledge of his subject matter shows in this book. it is informative without being condesending.I would recommend it to all levels of reader, both technical and managerial.
Just brilliant ! - This book is to ESX v3 what the Advanced Technical Guide was to ESX 2. The book is full, crammed, packed with useful info. It has extremely in-depth commentary on such topics as SCSI Bus reservations and planning how to avoid upsetting your LUN. This book is immense. I can t imagine there is anything he s left out.