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sambesange 10-18-2008 07:56 AM

Virtualization
 
There is always a debate in Virtualization Softwares in Open Source. I have seen XEN from SuSE and Redhat. Still, I am unable to compare. Anybody can guide me ?

paulsm4 10-19-2008 01:25 AM

Personally, I like VMWare ;-)

zeno0771 11-28-2008 03:57 AM

VMware: Excellent functionality (especially Workstation 6.5.x), but proprietary (and pricey with Workstation, Server is free but with fewer features); good support but watch out if your kernel is updated, VMware will need recompiling like most apps that require building kernel modules, and you may be left with a broken VMware install if it's incompatible.
Virtualbox: Fewer features, but (mostly) free for personal use.
I've never personally been a big fan of Qemu, KVM or what used to be Xen. For devel work/network labs I use VMware, for testing new distros out I use Virtualbox. Oh, and incidentally VMware's .vmdk files will (mostly) work in Virtualbox.

hasanatizaz 12-03-2008 01:38 PM

Virtual Box is great too.


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