On Thursday 07 September 2006 10:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > So my question to the group is simply this;  has anyone had success
> > running any of the following under Xen as  guest operating systems
> > (preferably in a business/enterprise setting)?
>
> Xen is designed around the idea of 'paravirtualisation', which requires
> modifications to the guest operating system. The Cambridge labs that have
> now spun off into XenSource did have Windows running under Xen at one
> point, but only because they had access to the source. Can't quite do it
> with an XP CD out of the box. :-)
>
> Right now, with Xen, you are mostly limited to Linux, but there is work
> being done on other operating system support such as OpenSolaris.
>
> You might want to look into VMWare - you can start with the VMWare Server
> product at *no cost*, and move up to their enterprisey versions later on if
> you require the (very impressive) functionality.

True in general, but not true here. Xeon 5100/5000 with VT ...
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/ss/WF05a/15351-241434-241475-241475-f79-1121486.html
James
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