On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 02:30:18PM -0700, Lan Barnes wrote: > > On Wed, April 30, 2008 2:23 pm, Joshua Penix wrote: > > > > ----- "Lan Barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> OK, all you xen bashers from last week -- have at it! > > > > Xen has its place -- virtualizing many instances of a supported OS whose > > kernel can be modified to allow paravirtualization... a.k.a. Linux. It > > works really well in that case. > > > > Where Xen falls down is in virtualizing other OSes. Windows under Xen > > works, but the performance is crap unless closed-source paravirtual > > drivers for network and disk are installed. FreeBSD is apparently not > > very well tested under Xen, or at least is having trouble keeping up with > > Xen's rapid development cycle. The BSD problem was the source of the > > original Xen rant by Andy. > > > > Xen and the entire market of virtualization software is "suffering" from > > exceptionally rapid growth. This stuff isn't mature yet, and there's lots > > of work to be done. Most effort is currently being spent on optimizing > > the software and adding features for the most common implementation > > situations. Therefore VMware's management tools lean toward being heavily > > Windows-centric, since its largest installed base is in corporate > > environments where Windows-based management tools are the norm. Xen is > > best tested with Linux for both host and guest... the fact that it's open > > source lets others like Solaris and BSD get in on the fun, but it's up to > > their developers to keep up with Xen. > > > > As time goes on and the feature sets of all these systems stabilize, then > > the APIs and documentation will too. Subsequently more development effort > > will be able to focus on what are currently "edge cases," and > > virtualization will move toward being an expected feature of every OS and > > at some point probably fade into the background as something that "just > > works." > > > > > > No better way to ruin a conversation than for people who know what they're > talking about to chime in.
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