[COLUG] Linux on VMware

[Duane]

Jim Wildman wrote:

> Right, if I get a new kernel.  Existing apps may not like that.  ie, I
> can run rhel2.1 on a vmware guest.  Not on Xen.

Xen uses it's own kernels/initrd for guests, so yes you could, just not
with the rhel2.1 kernel, so yes you could.

> Only if I'm doing hardware virt, not paravirt on Xen.

One has to ask why, but I guess if you like pain and suffering.

> and this leads back to the level of knowledge available and the level of
> managment comfort.  VMWare gives you a single stop that 'just works'
> (for some subset of "works").

Only if you choose to walk that path, XenSource/Citrix is offering the
VMware type solution.

> On the open source side there is a lot of stitching together, and
> rebaking of stuff.

See above.

Xen gives you options VMware doesn't, but you also have the option of
deferring to Citrix etc.

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