Virtual Appliances are small virtual machines that have web user interfaces to quickly deploy infrastructure.
With Virtual Appliances, you have the option to choose from a variety of preconfigured servers, including a simple web server, an Apache Tomcat server, a MySQL server, and a PostgreSQL server. And in the latest release, there are even more features to get excited about.
One of the standout additions in this release is the inclusion of the Cacti network graphing solution, which provides real-time and historical visualization of network activities. This Cacti Server comes with onboard MySQL and PHPmyAdmin in a 40MB download package, making it compatible with any VMWare product or VirtualPC.
As with all Virtual Appliances, this Cacti Server comes equipped with the ability to use virtual hard drives automatically. This means that you can scale your database up to any practical size with ease.
All in all, we highly recommend Virtual Appliances for anyone in need of a reliable and easy-to-use virtual machine solution. So why not give them a try today and see for yourself what all the fuss is about?
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