[brlug-general] VMWare vs Xen

[Tim Fournet]

I've been doing my own comparison as well, and I've chosen Xen (I'm 
actually bringing up my second Xen host server as I type this message). 
Cost was a huge factor. Also, I like the management tools of Xen and 
performance seems better to me.

Karthik Poobalasubramanian wrote:
> I am doing some research on virtualizing some servers at work. My 
> personal experience is limited to desktop virtualizing under windows and 
> linux. I am comparing VMWare ESX and Xen Enterprise V4. Cost wise, Xen 
> Enterprise is a lot cheaper than VMware ESX. From what I have read so 
> far, VMWare is more polished and mature. I am leaning more towards Xen 
> but don't know about their support and future 
> (http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2171434,00.asp)
> Any comments for or against Xen?
>
> Karthik
>
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