[NTLUG:Discuss] VMware ESXi or Xen?

[Daniel Hauck]

Neil Aggarwal さんは書きました:
> Hello:
> 
> I am thinking of starting to set up virutal machines
> for customers on shared servers.  These will mostly
> be used for web and database servers.
> 
>>From my limited investigations so far, I can see
> two main products available for free:
> 1. The Xen kernel distributed with CentOS 5.3
> 2. VMware ESXi server
> 
> It looks like both support paravirtualized Linux
> guests, Windows server, etc.
> 
> Any opinions on the pros/cons of each?
> 
> Thanks,
> 	Neil
> 

If you are considering ESXi server, even in passing, you will want to
verify if your selected hardware is on VMWare's HCL.  I have some nice
hardware that isn't on their list and so can't use it.