My $.02 >> Does anyone have the time to explain what Xen is, how to use it, and if >> it's appropriate for a home user like myself? >> > I'll give a basic overview. I've never run Xen on any of my machines, but > I know the theory behind hit. > > Xen is a hypervisor. A hypervisor is an abstraction layer that allows > multiple OSs to run "simultaneously" on the same computer. Think of Xen > as a trimmed down version of VMware that requires modification to its > client operating systems to run. Xen is fast scalable, and rapidly > developed -- an overall great product in my book.
Good overview. I've been doing some testing of Xen at work with the idea of server consolidation in mind. Seems to do a great job for linux/FreeBSD. There is some talk of eventually being able to do windows virtual servers without having to port the OS. If that becomes a reality, then I see some amazing potential in an enterprise environment. > > Should you use it at home? Home use is another story. It's good If you're a tinkerer and want to play with several opensource OS-es or have several small boxes running that you want to combine into one bigger box. You could also setup a virtual network of machines for various testing. You probably want do have a fair amount of ram and a good cpu to really play with it. How much depends on what you are trying to do. Erich _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
