recommendations on virtualization software

[Mark Johnson]

I use Xen and VMWare on different server. I like VMWare ESXi because it is free and very easy to moving around or cloning.


--- On Thu, 3/19/09, Mark Ellison <mark at ellisonsoftware.com> wrote:

> From: Mark Ellison <mark at ellisonsoftware.com>
> Subject: recommendations on virtualization software
> To: "Greater NH Linux User Group" <gnhlug-discuss at mail.gnhlug.org>
> Date: Thursday, March 19, 2009, 11:55 AM
> Hi,
> 
> I am seeking recommendations and pros/cons of different
> virtualization 
> software.
> 
> The physical machine is a Intel T9400 quad core with 8GB
> ram, 2x500GB 
> sata disks and 1Gb nic.  My current plan is to run 64 bit
> Fedora Core 10 
> (or 11 as available) as the host OS.  The guest OSes will
> include a mix 
> vista, xp and other UNIX variants.
> 
> I am aware of the commercially available VMware
> workstation, VirtualBox 
> and Xen.  Any feedback and recommendations are appreciated.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Mark
> 
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> Mark Ellison                        Ellison Software
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