recommendations on virtualization software

[Alan Johnson]

On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Mark Ellison <mark at ellisonsoftware.com>wrote:

> Hi,


Hi! Howdy! Please to meet you!  How are you?  Doing well, I hope?   ;-)


> I am seeking recommendations and pros/cons of different virtualization
> software.


What is the intended application?   Workstation, production server, test
server, etc?


> 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.


That'll do. ;)   Fedora Core 10?  Sounds like a Workstation or
non-production server.  If so, is there an intent to move virutal machines
into a production environment from this setup?


> I am aware of the commercially available VMware workstation, VirtualBox
> and Xen.  Any feedback and recommendations are appreciated.
>

I didn't like VirtualBox when I last played with it, but that was years
ago.  I suggest avoiding VMWare because it no-cost but not libre, and there
are many limits on what you can do with it. KVM and Xen are my falavors of
choise and it depends on the application.
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