On Mar 2, 2011, at 11:35 AM, Rudi Ahlers wrote: > I thought, just for the fun of it, let's install Windows 2008 Small > Business Server. > Interestingly, using the same Virtual Machine Manager, the > installation wasn't as slow as with CentOS. It's almost asif it's more > optimized for Windows? I used the exact same settings for the > installation as with CentOS Hi Rubi, While I've had great luck using Xen (Gitco RPMs v3.4x) + Centos 5.5, I am waiting for Centos 6 as it will have the 2.6.32 pvops kernel which solves a lot of USB/firewire and I'm hoping VGA pass through issues. Also disk i/o is supposed is supposed to be addressed although I have never had any i/o issues. There are several write up on how to Xen-ize your RHEL 6 dom0 out there as 6 still supports Xen domUs. You may want to dl a 30 day eval of RHEL6 or even SL 6 for the hell of it as a prep for Centos 6. I wouldn't say Xen is out the door and its still a bit more mature then KVM. However I have my eye on KVM as it does have better passthrough features, that is until pvops 2.6.32 is out :) - aurf