> > I was thinking about implementing Xen for our school district. Now > > that > > I'm hearing all of this I guess I need to look at something else. > > What does everyone recommend? > > Thanks > How much money do you have? > What (how many systems, what do they do?) do you actually want to > virtualize? > Are you going to be around your school for the next couple of years? > ;-) > On a small scale, running VMware ESX3i I'd recommend the ESX3i if your server count is low (thus you won't need Virtual Center, which is not free). VMware works amazingly well, is going to be around for the forseeable future, has excellent vendor support, and a HUGE community of users. And installation/setup is akin to falling off the proverbial log.