On Iau, 2006-02-16 at 11:03 -0600, Tom Shilson wrote: > Xen is a Linux form of VMWare. It allows you to run multiple instances of > Linux. Instead of creating a virtual machine, however, Xen shares the > kernel. Compared to VMWare (or zVM) it is limited because of this. I have > never used it. I believe that it is an OpenSource project.
Xen isn't Linux specific. Nor does it share a kernel. Xen is a true hypervisor when running with Intel VT capable processors and very close to it when running on a generic x86. Performance is generally within 2-3% of native as a result of the para-virtualisation techniques used with a Xen aware kernel on a non VT capable processor. It is indeed free software. Alan ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
