On 26 Apr 2006, at 19:57, 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.
Well, VMware looks unlikely now anyway. Had tremendous amounts of difficulty using the thing, and I'm also hampered by the fact that the virtual consoles run under Linux or Windows. I'm running OS X (although I can cheat - I'm on an Intel Mac with Parallel's Workstation beta and Windows XP (spit!spit!) running under it. I've found Linux doesn't quite run as well as I would have hoped under Parallels, but hopefully they're working on it).
So yes, playing about with Xen seems to be the next logical step. My provider has actually been very generous and given me better hardware to play with too - it's now a Pentium D 930 with 2Gb of RAM (rather than a Pentium D 820 with 1Gb RAM) so there's a bit more oomph (plus VT support now) to experiment.
Regards,
Martyn