Development Server Setup

[VectraMan]

I tried VirtualBox and it worked okay, except for the fact that it doesn't support 64bit guests (on a 64bit host)

It supports 64-bit guests on 32-bit hosts, so I'd be suprised if that is true.

I used VMWare Workstation a lot at my last client, and I do think it's better than Virtual Box.

[KevinS]

It supports 64-bit guests on 32-bit hosts, so I'd be suprised if that is true.

I used VMWare Workstation a lot at my last client, and I do think it's better than Virtual Box.

It said something about not supporting 64bit OSs when I tried (admittedly it was little while ago).. Ah well, I have Workstation and it works a treat..

[Jaws]

I use VMWare ESXi installed onto a 1GB USB key on my server. You can still buy really cheap HP servers (mine is quad core at approx 170 quid) although you can forget using the HP RAID with ESXi.
As far as I can see (with 3 or 4 VMs running) it works really well but I have not been doing any performance testing on it.