[CentOS] Centos 5.2 and Xen

Wed Jun 11 19:23:17 UTC 2008
Ruslan Sivak <russ at vshift.com>

Robert - elists wrote:
>
> Tim
>
> When you talk about recent processors in the Intel or AMD realm, do you, or
> does anyone else on this list, have practical experience with the
> virtualization extentions on HP or Dell or other Quad Xeon or Multi-CPU AMD
> boxes ?
>
> I don't know exactly what to ask in terms of best bang for the buck for
> processor(s) speed or memory installed, yet I would be interested in hearing
> what others are using and how well you are enjoying virtualization on the
> boxes
>
> Using XEN or Vmware or Both?
>
> Thanks!
>
>  - rh
>
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With Dell, your best bang for the buck will probably be Inspiron 
530/Vostro 400 with the Q6600 2.4Ghz Quad Core CPU.  With the latest 
BIOS these support up to 8GB of RAM.  (Of course get the ram elsewhere, 
not from Dell). 

Russ