Do you have any performance stats on virtual box? I use it for running Fedora hosted on my Windows laptop, and (subjectively) the performance seems pretty bad compared to VirtualPC (which isn't known for being lightning fast). Based on that experience, I would be skeptical of using it for server virtualization. That said, my skepticism could easily be overcome by data.
On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 5:31 PM, Alex Smith (K4RNT) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > I like VirtualBox. > > www.virtualbox.org > > They have a rather good enterprise solution as well. > > On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 4:28 PM, Chris McQuistion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> I've used VMWare, in the past, and I currently use Virtual Iron, because >> it has fairly simple administration and is far cheaper than VMWare, if you >> want the bells and whistles. >> The big reasons to use VMWare or Virtual Iron (in my opinion) is the nice >> gui administration tools and their ability to run virtualized Windows guests >> very well, which has not worked well for me, with Xen based virtualization >> under Red Hat or SuSE. >> >> Chris >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 4:24 PM, 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. >>> >> > -- > " ' With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, > the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all > irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom and > warning... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on we're all > damaged." - Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie > - Alex Smith (K4RNT) > - Nashville, Tennessee USA > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
