XEN or Vmware ?

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Posted by mixmox, 11-26-2011, 04:07 AM
hello i want to order new ded from iweb.com but vmware esxi do not work correctly on iweb interface-network (any way) what is your idea on this case install xen or vmware version 2 ???? we havent problem on vmware version 2 yet
Posted by UnixCabin, 11-26-2011, 05:33 AM
I guess the question really boils down to which you are most comfortable with and able to manage it better.
Posted by mixmox, 11-26-2011, 11:34 AM
pronlem is vmware version 2 project is a dead project and they replace it with esxi
Posted by centauricw, 11-26-2011, 06:57 PM
VMware Server 2.0 hit end of life on June 30, 2011 and VMware has removed the downloads and (more importantly) access to new product keys from their web sites. Those of us still using VMware Server 2.0 can continue to use it indefinitely, but there will be no bug fixes or feature releases. VMware left only the free version of ESXi as the sole upgrade path for VMware Server 2.0, which is a bare-metal hypervisor and not a good replacement. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (and therefore CentOS 6) come with KVM (Kernal-base Virtual Machine) installed by default on the 64-bit images. This replaces Xen and so you don't need to install another virtualization package. KVM is the future of virtualization on RHEL/CentOS and will be actively supported by Red Hat, so I would go with KVM.
Posted by mixmox, 12-10-2011, 05:38 PM
mm. you mean KVM is better than vmware? is it support iso files? how about windows and mikrotik os ?
Posted by vickyQ, 12-11-2011, 11:46 AM
KVM does support iso files and you can run windows OS within the virtual machine.
Posted by PCS-Chris, 12-11-2011, 01:01 PM
Xen/KVM are both good options and there are a number of control panels you can use if you want a web interface. If you are using Xen you need at least Xen 3.4 if you want good disk + network performance on Windows.

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