Comments on: Virtualization with Xen http://www.logicsupply.com/blog/2009/11/25/virtualization-with-xen/ Blog, News & Reviews Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:31:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: YAWinstonSmith http://www.logicsupply.com/blog/2009/11/25/virtualization-with-xen/comment-page-1/#comment-24207 YAWinstonSmith Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:39:15 +0000 http://www.logicsupply.com/blog/?p=707#comment-24207 I've been looking for a SATA to CompactFlash(es) that would allow me to do this under Windows and VMWare, have not only the systems stacked up and ready to go, but eliminate the problems with Win 7 (I feel the shudders in some of the crowd) that wants to mix everything on "drive C and frag the thing in 28 seconds. ALSO I forgetg the typology, until now having used CFs only in my camera, but aren't there "faster than Type IIs" available? What sounds like a simple device would really sell for us Photoshop users and the Gameplaying Hotrodders. COLLECTIONS of Strange Uses dept. one of the two devices I ordered is going to put a drive on my soon-to-be SBC-6120 PDP-8/e on a chip, and, with experience gained, possibly on my 8/e (no speed problems there!) I figure a 1 gig drive should hold EVERY OS and app ever written for the PDP-8 series, and every DECUS (the old Digital freeware group) program for them, and should treble the speed of MIT 4K Chess. "Here comes a candle to send you to bed" Winston I’ve been looking for a SATA to CompactFlash(es) that would allow me to do this under Windows and VMWare, have not only the systems stacked up and ready to go, but eliminate the problems with Win 7 (I feel the shudders in some of the crowd) that wants to mix everything on “drive C and frag the thing in 28 seconds. ALSO I forgetg the typology, until now having used CFs only in my camera, but aren’t there “faster than Type IIs” available? What sounds like a simple device would really sell for us Photoshop users and the Gameplaying Hotrodders.

COLLECTIONS of Strange Uses dept. one of the two devices I ordered is going to put a drive on my soon-to-be SBC-6120 PDP-8/e on a chip, and, with experience gained, possibly on my 8/e (no speed problems there!) I figure a 1 gig drive should hold EVERY OS and app ever written for the PDP-8 series, and every DECUS (the old Digital freeware group) program for them, and should treble the speed of MIT 4K Chess.

“Here comes a candle to send you to bed”
Winston

]]> By: mrdilz http://www.logicsupply.com/blog/2009/11/25/virtualization-with-xen/comment-page-1/#comment-15581 mrdilz Tue, 23 Mar 2010 01:40:41 +0000 http://www.logicsupply.com/blog/?p=707#comment-15581 I have been a VMware user since the beginning. I happen to stumble on this article and I think I am going to play around with Xen. It appears that using the command line functions are pretty straight forward. VMware CLI leaves much to be desired... Thanks I have been a VMware user since the beginning. I happen to stumble on this article and I think I am going to play around with Xen. It appears that using the command line functions are pretty straight forward. VMware CLI leaves much to be desired…

Thanks

]]> By: Chris http://www.logicsupply.com/blog/2009/11/25/virtualization-with-xen/comment-page-1/#comment-15494 Chris Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:01:39 +0000 http://www.logicsupply.com/blog/?p=707#comment-15494 Xen is excellent is you want to run *nix virtuals and use a version of the kernel that is full virtual compatible. However, running a windows box is a different story. Since Windows is not compatible with full virtulization, at least windows 2003 and previous I did not make a 2008 virtual in Xen, your IO performance is horrible. I know that Novell had PV drivers for Windows but they were not freely available, there was an attempt to make open source drivers but they did not work. I just within the last few months migrated everything over to VMWare ESXi, the free version of ESX Server, and everything runs a lot smoother. Another thing I like about ESXi is that I do not have a full blown linux install running as the host, ESXi is roughly a 60 meg memory foorprint. Xen is excellent is you want to run *nix virtuals and use a version of the kernel that is full virtual compatible. However, running a windows box is a different story. Since Windows is not compatible with full virtulization, at least windows 2003 and previous I did not make a 2008 virtual in Xen, your IO performance is horrible. I know that Novell had PV drivers for Windows but they were not freely available, there was an attempt to make open source drivers but they did not work.

I just within the last few months migrated everything over to VMWare ESXi, the free version of ESX Server, and everything runs a lot smoother. Another thing I like about ESXi is that I do not have a full blown linux install running as the host, ESXi is roughly a 60 meg memory foorprint.

]]> By: RawShark http://www.logicsupply.com/blog/2009/11/25/virtualization-with-xen/comment-page-1/#comment-10552 RawShark Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:27:31 +0000 http://www.logicsupply.com/blog/?p=707#comment-10552 Thumbs up for xen! All our game servers run on a virtualized linux box under xen.... Thumbs up for xen! All our game servers run on a virtualized linux box under xen….

]]> By: Paul Scollon http://www.logicsupply.com/blog/2009/11/25/virtualization-with-xen/comment-page-1/#comment-10551 Paul Scollon Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:23:19 +0000 http://www.logicsupply.com/blog/?p=707#comment-10551 We use xen on Debian to virtualize all our Windows and Linux servers on our college campus, and have been doing so for some time now. It has greatly decreased disaster recover time while increasing the speed at which we can roll out new services. I would highly recommend anyone who is not using virtualization already to look into it NOW, and start with xen. You won't be sorry :) We use xen on Debian to virtualize all our Windows and Linux servers on our college campus, and have been doing so for some time now. It has greatly decreased disaster recover time while increasing the speed at which we can roll out new services. I would highly recommend anyone who is not using virtualization already to look into it NOW, and start with xen. You won’t be sorry :)

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