[Cialug] Xen vs Vmware vs ? was: vmware ESXi 4 64 bit

[Matthew Nuzum]

On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 11:31 AM, albus <albus at iowaconnect.com> wrote:
> Factor at the time was I had the mobo but missing the CPU and RAM.
> From all indications it should work.
>
> I thought I had the ground work done to the T. But apparently
> not. From everything I'm reading it appears to be the NIC.
> I may just get one that's on the HCL and try it again.
>
> At the moment this system is just a learning tool. If and or when
> I get it going I may move up to some real world use of the knowledge.
> Mostly for myself probably. But at least I've got some experience with it.
>
>
>> On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 10:53 AM, albus <albus at iowaconnect.com> wrote:
>>
>> My replacement server came in the mail last week and I'm about to
>> install it. I was going to use Ubuntu Server with KVM. I'm curious
>> what factors you (plural) used to choose a platform.
>>

I guess I was wondering if anyone cared to tell why they preferred one
system vs another. KVM for me simply because it's the default for
Ubuntu. That's not necessarily the best reason though. Remote
management is something I should consider,

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