the topic 's "a bit" buried (cause the 2.0 's not in beta state anymore)
but an answer's better than none…

I run The 2.0 WMS on a 2K8 enterprise 32 (as host )

the conf :
8200 dual core /Asus P8QLD pro
memory 4 GO (corsair XMS/Edata<==not very falous but very stable)

A 150 GO raptor (for the host os/tools/others)
2TO for the storage
and it roxes as well as a nux !!!! (without the drivers worries frequently encountered on a nux !)
ifyou're listennin'/readin' mr deb please make an effort on your lan drivers ^^for squeeze….

So I 'd say that's quite good anyway
Comparing to a real ESX ( I used 2 manage a 3 nodes cluster of it @ work)
that's a more "user friendly" solution (more open that the bl**dy short hcl of esx
( that 's a real nitemare !!)but very efficient on my opinion to make a home lab

According to one of the VMware Server 2 documentation that i found below: http://www.vmware.com/products/beta/vmware_server…

it mentioned for Windows platform, we must use Windows Server as the host OS. However, in this case you are using Windows XP.

Is there any issue? Hope you can share some experience here.

Thanks.