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

[albus]

Well on that note I wanted something that was not OS dependent.
Something totally self supporting.

I looked at Xen but from all that I've read you've got to have an underlying OS to build it on first.

The Dave W. turned me on to VMWare ESXi. So I've started playing with it. I really want to go
with something that isn't base OS dependent period. That way I think it's more robust.

My 2 cents.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matthew Nuzum" <newz at bearfruit.org>
To: "Central Iowa Linux Users Group" <cialug at cialug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 11:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Cialug] Xen vs Vmware vs ? was: vmware ESXi 4 64 bit


> 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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