I've been doing my own comparison as well, and I've chosen Xen (I'm actually bringing up my second Xen host server as I type this message). Cost was a huge factor. Also, I like the management tools of Xen and performance seems better to me.
Karthik Poobalasubramanian wrote: > I am doing some research on virtualizing some servers at work. My > personal experience is limited to desktop virtualizing under windows and > linux. I am comparing VMWare ESX and Xen Enterprise V4. Cost wise, Xen > Enterprise is a lot cheaper than VMware ESX. From what I have read so > far, VMWare is more polished and mature. I am leaning more towards Xen > but don't know about their support and future > (http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2171434,00.asp) > Any comments for or against Xen? > > Karthik > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
