Re: [PLUG] virtualization recommendations

[Matt Ayres <matta@tektonic.net>]

brent saner wrote:
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> Matt Ayres wrote:
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> | I believe Microsoft VPC is free.  So is VMware Server (NOT ESX).
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> further clarification,
> VMWare GSX --> VMWare Server
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> but i personally have had a fair amount of problems with VMWare Server.
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> I feel that if i could get Xen working flawlessly, it'd be my
> preferred VM. i haven't tried it for a while, though, so they may have
> ironed out all the kinks since.
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Windows runs under Xen under HVM (hardware assisted mode).  Disk and 
network throughput sucks.  What is required to fix this is PV 
(para-virtualized) drivers to be installed in the Windows guest.  
XenSource includes these in their XenExpress (4 VM limit) that is freely 
available.  There is a effort underway to make GPL PV drivers for 
Windows.  You can grab the latest version from 
http://www.meadowcourt.org/WindowsXenPV-0.8.5.zip.  I forgot the 
homepage for it.

Thanks,
Matt
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