Re: [CentOS-virt] redhat's Qumranet acquisition

2008-09-11 Thread admin
Some factors swaying my boss towards Xen/XenSource: On the quotes we've been getting, XenSource would cost half of what VMWare ESX would cost (not the stripped down free download obviously). We are a cash-strapped organisation, so the difference is significant. We are also looking to move as

[CentOS-virt] vmware on centos cluster

2008-09-11 Thread Mattias Hemmingsson
Hello I have one question about cluster and vmware. I have about 10 computers they are all old once from 1g and 256 ram. And now im thinking of putting them all toghter in one cluster. This cluster should be an high performing so all computers share they performance. Now on this cluster i

RE: [CentOS-virt] redhat's Qumranet acquisition

2008-09-11 Thread Joseph L. Casale
On the quotes we've been getting, XenSource would cost half of what VMWare ESX would cost (not the stripped down free download obviously). We are a cash-strapped organisation, so the difference is significant. Download the free ESXi and give it a whirl. Thats so much good software for free! jlc

Re: [CentOS-virt] redhat's Qumranet acquisition

2008-09-11 Thread Todd Deshane
My experience has primarly been with Xen. I have helped a company successfully deploy Xen on CentOS. They had a really nice cobbler setup and were able to leverage it nicely to make the transition to virtuals easy. They found our running xen book (http://runningxen.com) a great resource.

Re: [CentOS-virt] vmware on centos cluster

2008-09-11 Thread Timothy Selivanow
On Thu, 2008-09-11 at 14:11 +0200, Mattias Hemmingsson wrote: Hello I have one question about cluster and vmware. I have about 10 computers they are all old once from 1g and 256 ram. And now im thinking of putting them all toghter in one cluster. This cluster should be an high performing

[CentOS-virt] redhat's Qumranet acquisition

2008-09-11 Thread R P Herrold
On Thu, 11 Sep 2008, Todd Deshane wrote: My experience has primarly been with Xen. I have helped a company successfully deploy Xen on CentOS. They had a really nice cobbler setup and were able to leverage it nicely to make the transition to virtuals easy. They found our running xen book

RE: [CentOS-virt] redhat's Qumranet acquisition

2008-09-11 Thread Joseph L. Casale
hey -- I have and LIKE that book ;) I'll second that. I have a few and this one is hands down, the best to date. jlc ___ CentOS-virt mailing list CentOS-virt@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt