[Xen-users] VMWare and xen comparison

[Shahzad Chohan <shahzad.chohan@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

I need to consider the differences between vmware and xen. Basically any highlighted differences will be appreciated.

A few things come to mind, and I'd appreciate some thoughts on them.

1. Installation. Having tried to install xen hosts, I have found it to
be difficult. The problem I find is that I have to reboot my server to
install a new host as I can't install from cd without rebooting.
Alternativly vmware allows me to install from cd a new hosts without
the need to reboot the server and shutdown the other hosts. Yum
installations are pain. What ways are there to get round this problem
say in a redhat or fedora installation?

2. Performance. Although xen is technically superior to vmware on this
level, practically I have read from other peoples emails that
performance, such as network performance, really degrades under high
loads. Just wondering if this is the case in xen 3.0 aswell?

Any other highlights will be apprecatied. 

Thanks
Shahzad
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