Andrew, By "open source" are you really thinking "open source code" or "free"?
reason i ask is that I have actually been having very good luck with VMware Server 2.0 (just officially released recently) on Windows and Linux host systems (free licenses). I have a mix of linux and windows guest VMs as well. I too have heard of some performance problems with Xen-based stuff (though I have not tried Xen myself). Sun opened up Virtual Box and I have heard tell it is on par with VMWare, but, again, no direct experience myself. I started off with VMWare Server 1.x and I can say that, despite a more complex admin frontend (essentially equated with the VMware ESX environment), the guest VMs do appear to perform better themselves. And, under linux, the Firefox "console plugin" seems to work very well. You can also pull in the windows .net based Virtual Infrastructure Client for a windows-based GUI and it works fairly well too. So, if you are looking for a free-to-use-for-whatever solution mainly, VMWare probably is the best overall in polish. On a related note, I read they made the entry-level ESX framework (ESXi) freely available too. It is based on Redhat Linux 7.2 and is a dedicated server install. So, if you want to gain ESX experience, it might be a way for you as well. All this assuming you aren't seeking an open source solution for the sake of it having open source! :-) good luck mark --On Thursday, November 06, 2008 4:24 PM -0600 andrew mcelroy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings, > > I am not trying to start a flame war or a rant, but I am trying to get a > feel for what Open Source virtualization solutions are actually used. > > Currently I have a few servers virtualized inside Xen. > However, I keep hearing that KVM is "the way to go"TM for hosting > websites if you must stick to something open source. > > The purpose of these virtualized servers are to serve out either > wordpress mu sites or ruby on rails sites. > > In the arena of hosting I have ran across OpenVZ, KVM and Xen. > > I was wondering what everyone is using and why. > > TIA > Andrew McElroy > > > > ________________________________________________________ Mark J. Bailey Jobsoft Design & Development, Inc. 104 Arlington Place, Suite 100 Franklin, TN 37064 EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WEB: http://www.jobsoft.com/ VOICE:(615)904-9559 FAX:(615)904-9576 CELL:(615)308-9099 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
