Andy Trevor wrote:
On Wednesday 26 April 2006 07:27, MJ Ray wrote:
Martyn Drake martyn@drake.org.uk
contemplating using VMWare Server to "partition" the machine up into =20 several segments and rent out a Linux virtual server for those =20
I suggest considering Xen if the hardware and application permits. Seems to have a lot less overhead and is really quite popular.
I second this. It takes a bit of work to get right but once done it rocks.
This link can get you going in about 5 minutes. http://www.option-c.com/xwiki/Xen
We are already testing the latest and greatest, and been offering the above setup (with some mods) to a few existing customers.
Its worked really well, I have used it on a few DNS machines to split up the DNS/mail backups etc..
With rackprices having shot up recently its perfect (Although power has gone up as well so the dual processor machines dont look so good now)
Darren