[ILUG] VMWare vs. Xen?

[Braun Brelin]

So, it sounds like the answer to my question is:

Xen works as long as I want to only run a distro that has the Linux
2.6 kernel, if i want to virutalize Windows, at the moment I'm SOL.

Braun


On 3/1/06, Joe Fitzsimons <joe.fitzsimons at materials.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
> It works in a different way, and requires the OS to be ported yo run on it.
>
> http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenFaq#head-bb579ddda3999d87064a36b7d847fad8e39440ae
> http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/OSCompatibility
>
> VMware just gives it your processor, sum of your ram, peripherals and a
> virtual hard drive, and will run anything your processor can.
>
> Joe
>
> On Wednesday 01 March 2006 12:58, Braun Brelin wrote:
> > Well, according to the XEN homepage on Sourceforge, it says:
> >
> > "Xen is a virtual machine monitor for x86 that supports execution of
> > multiple guest operating systems with unprecedented levels of
> > performance and resource isolation. Linux 2.4, 2.6 and NetBSD 2.0
> > ports are available. FreeBSD, Plan 9 ports on the way."
> >
> > Other than the fact that it doesn't seem to support Windows, can
> > anyone tell me how this is different than VMWare?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Braun
> >
> > On 3/1/06, Bernhard Rohrer <graylion at sm-wg.net> wrote:
> > > Braun Brelin wrote:
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > i've used VMWare before, but not Xen.  Xen seems to be an open source
> > > > replacement for VMWare, has anybody used both and can give me a
> > > > comparison.  Is my assessment about Xen being a replacement for VMWare
> > > > accurate?
> > > >
> > > > Braun
> > >
> > > AFAIK Xen is a tool for partitioning a machine, not for virtualisation.
> > >
> > > Bernhard
> > >
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