[Chester LUG] Need some advice re: Xen

[David Holden]

On Wednesday 10 January 2007 9:14 pm, Stuart Burns wrote:
> Hi Everyone
>
> Im after a bit of advice on this one. We got a free Dell PowerEdge 2U
> server.
>
> So I have about 4 - 6 servers that aren't being used (all have just one or
> two windows apps that are used rarely and cpus are usually around 2% usage
> and disk space just doesn't change!)
>
> So I was looking at consolidating these servers onto one Dual Xeon 3.2/2GB
> ram/PERC SCSI raid setup.
>
> I looked at VMWare Enterprise but the price tag is a little too much. Would
> this machine be suitable for a Xen setup via fedora ? These servers all run
> one bespoke app that doesnt play nice with the rest. You've heard the story
> many times I suspect. All the machines that I want to run are Windows 2000
> and upwards.
>
> Whats a reasonable maximum guest os's to place on the machine. Can anyone
> recommend a good setup guide for a linux newbie such as myself
>
> Cheers
>
> Stu

 Isn't vmware server free  now?  What does the Enterprise give you extra?

 Dave.


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