-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 4:46 PM To: centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] VMWare vs Parallels, and Zen
On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 04:32:18PM -0400, Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 4:26 PM To: centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] VMWare vs Parallels, and Zen
On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 04:17:29PM -0400, Miark wrote:
I've seen several references to running VMWare under CentOS, but does anybody know how well Parallels runs under CentOS?
Parallels is Mac only.
There is a version of Parallels for Linux too.
Ah. The google add sent me directly to the mac version (and me a ppc), with only a small url to the main page. :/
I think the VMware workstation is more mature, but costs more $$$
Also, if I read the specs correctly, Parallels require VT/Pacifica, whilest VMWware doesn't. (Xen also requires those, for HVM guests):
AFAIK Parallels is a fully virtualized hypervisor that requires no hardware acceleration (maybe it does for OS X though...).
Xen is really for those who are willing to get their hands
dirty. VMware
server is free and runs well.
I agree completly. Alas, my budget doesn't allow testing of Xen enterprise solutions (VirtualIron and Xen Enterprise), so I don't know how they compare to ESX.
They are aimed to be ESX equivalents, but I think their user interfaces need a little work, and I prefer the management software to be hosted on the server instead of separate Java GUI apps.
At $500/socket they are 1/6th the cost of ESX server.
Has anyone given those a try?
You can download 30 day trials of either and give them a whirl.
XenEnterprise is CentOS 4.4 with Xen 3.0.4 fully Xen Source patched, which after trying out OSS 3.0.4 realized that it can take a whole company to patch it to working condition.
Virtual Iron runs rPath + Xen 3.0.2 plus a whole slew of custom additions like HVM save/restore/migration. Virtual Iron only does HVM though, they have done-away with PV and the rPath is fully embedded so no remote OS access, while with XenEnterprise you can run CentOS as if you had installed it yourself.
-Ross
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