[Xen-API] XCP really a VMWARE ESXi alternative?

[Scott Zupek <scottz@xxxxxxxxx>]

I started trying with Xen Hypervisor (to run a small business(10 users) 
mail (citadel) server, win 2k8 domain controller, web server (apache2 on 
debian 2 or 3 domains) and remote support server (debian, w/ gnome)).
Though the documentation was weak for just Hypervisor I was able to get 
it running on top of Debian, but it was useless because I didn't have a 
way to manage the host. (xen center, etc).  it seems that the entire xen 
center application program is lacking support even on the paid Xen 
side..  I wanted to switch to XEN because it's more open source than 
VMWare and I heard the performance is unbeatable.  But instead I ended 
up with XCP Hypervisor (which still uses core xen hypervisor, correct?) 
and now it seems, what shouldn't be much of burden on the systems, is a 
massive burden on the systems. And I am left with nowhere to really turn 
to.  My 1 hosted domain takes 1.5 minutes to load half my super easy 
company webpage from the internet and it FLY's on the intranet.  Is 
there some webpage that can help people that want to be able to diagnose 
actual issues?  Can't run the monitor/graph page in xencenter because it 
fails due to some missing plug-in (im guessing since it actually doesnt 
say).
Now a lot of this could be chalked up to my lack of Linux experience but 
it seems like I would be the core audience (small i.t. consulting 
business owner trying to make a name and lead by example) and the whole 
thing ended up getting so confusing that XCP ISO /XCP core hypervisor 
was the only option left.  this isn't what I wanted, but it was the only 
way I could get my servers online.  Was this how this whole process is 
intended?  I can't tell if XCP Hypervisor core thingy (looks just like 
the vmware esxi hypervisor) is the main focus, if Kronos is the main 
focus or running the Xen Hypervisor as a software app on a Debian/Linux 
cli is the main focus.  Could be just me, but shouldn't this be 
determined first before even 1 line of code is looked into?  I don't 
mean to be a debby downer, it just seems like all 3 are bound to fail 
because no time is dedicated to a "core" belief/program.
I just saw a post regarding Kronos and if that is taking most of the 
developers time, it makes me think I went the wrong direction with XCP.
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