[NTLUG:Discuss] XEN ( or XEN -vs- VMWARE )

[Lenrek Xunil]

and what about virtuoso?


On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 06:27:11 -0600, Jack Snodgrass <mylinuxguy at gmail.com> wrote:
> I run VMWare at work. We use it for 'build' machines.
> 
> In case you don't know what it is....
> VMWare is a program that runs on both Linux and Windows. It lets you
> run multiple
> 'guest' operating systems at the same time. One of my 'build' boxes has
> Win2000, Redhat9, and 2 versions of Monta Vista Carrier Grade Linux.
> ( I generally only run 3 guests at a time because of system resources )
> 
> ( One thing I don't like about VMWare is that it requires X-Windows to
> run / monitor.
> Since the VMWare machine is running in a different building, I have to use
> X-Windows to start it up and monitor it.  If I reboot my machine with
> the VMWare X-windows
> interface runniing... the remote, VMWare guest dies too. It can't run
> is the X-Windows
> session goes away.... that's about the only thing I don't like about it... )
> 
> I've read a little about a new program called XEN. It will be part of
> Fedora FC4 but you
> can get it now. It's supposed to use less resources than something like VMWare.
> VMWare can be pretty slow.... the ability to run 3-4 different
> versions of linux at the
> same time on a single pice of hardware more than makes up for the speed....
> 
> Anyway... has anyone used Xen? If so... do you know how it compares to VMWARE?
> I know that you can't run Windows on XEN, but what about the Linux
> side.... With
> VMWare, you put in a Fedora FC3 install CD in your box, tell VMWare to
> boot up a
> new 'guest' and you start reading the FC3 install CD, get a Phoenix
> BIOS boot up
> screen, and run throuh the install just like you would if you were on
> a real piece of
> hardware instead of a Virtual Guest. How do you install a Fedora FC3 guest when
> your running with Xen? Do you 'boot' up your guest the same way... see
> some sort of
> BIOS and start installing from the boot cd, or do you have to install the guest
> some other way and then just 'point' to that guest when you want to run it?
> 
> Any info would be appreciated.
> 
> jack
> 
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