[wellylug] Xen and Windows
Cliff Pratt
enkidu at cliffp.com
Mon Aug 17 12:04:06 NZST 2009
William Hamilton wrote:
>
> I am looking at putting some time into Xen as a couple of clients are
> making noises about virtualisation blah blah. Having had a quick read I
> see that Windows is not greatly supported unless the processor has
> virtualisation built in.
>
> Anyone here doing a mix of Linux/Windows on Xen? (one particular client
> has a Windows app they cannot get rid of at this stage). Any
> recomendations on hardware? A number of my boxes are SuperMicro 1U and
> 2U which I have had good experiences with.
>
Hmm, I've used both Xen and VMware and the winner is not Xen. VMWare
Server is free (though you may want to check the T&C and now there is a
free version of ESX - ESXi.
Cheers,
Cliff
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