Re: [Xen-users] which server to buy?

[Simon Capstick <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Boris Derzhavets wrote:
> Very personal opinion:-
>
>  Target #1 Stay away from Sun's Xen Hypervisor (even they will go up 
> 3.3.1), unless you are within Sun.
>  Target #2  Be able easily install RHEL 5.3 (2)  and port the most
> recent MQs Repos from XenSource.org to your box in 2-3 hr.
>
> Resume:-
> In general, HP Boxes are preferable for RHEL & Xen ports.
> If Sun's boxes are good for Linux and Xen Linux Dom0 fine.
> I just don't know exactly.
>
> You are not focused on Xen Software and i guess Xen Vendor been
> selected is the most important
>
>
> --- On *Sat, 1/24/09, Alexey Zagarin /<zagarin@xxxxxxxxx>/* wrote:
>
>     From: Alexey Zagarin <zagarin@xxxxxxxxx>
>     Subject: [Xen-users] which server to buy?
>     To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     Date: Saturday, January 24, 2009, 4:55 PM
>
>     Hello!
>
>     Please, help me, I'm totally lost choosing basic budget server for XEN.
>     The variants are Sun (X2200 M2 or Sun X2250 M2) or maybe HP Proliant DL160 
> G5p.
>     Or maybe some IBM server?
>     Which X2200 configuration will perform better, two Opteron dual-core 22xx or
>     single quad-core 23xx?
>     Which one performing better nowadays, Opteron or Xeon? I know that 2-3 years
>     ago Opteron was the better choice for virtualization, what about now?
>     Is Xeon 54xx better than Opteron 23xx ?
>
>     Thanks in advance!
>
>     _______________________________________________
We use HP DL380s and the standard remote management card (ILO2).  This 
gives you an HTML GUI/serial console and also a ssh interface (with 
access to the serial console).  They can both interact with a serial 
console set-up in GRUB/inittab so you never need worry about failed 
kernel upgrades from a remote location.
Simon C

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