-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 J.P. Mathew wrote: > technology is complex, specially the way the processor and hypervisor > handles the Virtual Memory and common disk resource. But this seems to > be the only way the new processors could be marketed by large > companies like IBM, HP and Dell to create "on-demand" services.
In fact you might want to look at how Intel sees Virtualisation. The Intel site is a bit more well populated on the issue. > If there are enough enthusiasts in Kolkata and nearby, I would like to > create a resource pool that could be shared by all of us. I for one (although not based out of Kolkata) would be interested in seeing a concrete project plan on this. > Since XEN supports snapshot, save and restore, it has a capability to > relocate a running application with its OS on to another processor. I > would like to find out if this could be achieved to the benfit of SMEs > who could simply add a few (old) Pentium boxes to migrate applications > from a overcrowded 64 bit central server. At the current stage Xen might not be able to do it. However, to try out Xen you might want to look at FC4 and FC5 rawhide. Rgds SM -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Red Hat - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDb1hc+g4kmZ76nyERAsIKAJ49m7lPe1f7bXi2nzNEap83RPvgGgCdEzY6 qBEzOM0nwJtlyqFZzpJOX0s= =QAKU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
