On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 14:21:45 -0700 David Brian Chait dchait@invenda.com wrote:
The two things that always comes to mind when I am considering a virtualization solution is extent of tool set/support, and the general acceptance of the technology. For those two reasons I nearly always implement VMware, it has a mature set of tools, a wide range of functionality, and sits at a very manageable price point. No true open source solution really comes close, you can approximate parts of it, but in the end it turns into a support issue that can pose a significant headache.
True.
I've deployed Virtuozzo for a large web hosting company and found it superior to vmware in about every aspect that mattered in a web hosting environment.
OpenVZ on the other hand is about at the same level as xen, kvm and similiar opensource solutions. Well, not so much a solution, but a building block to help you build your own solution to your particular problem.