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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: OT: Xen
On Mon, 3 Apr 2006, [email protected] wrote: > Solaris shops are going to find Zones useful. Linux shops are going to find > Xen useful. However, I severely doubt that Zones are going to attract any Linux > shops, or that Xen will be enough to make Solaris shops convert. Xen's bigges strength really is in the colocation business. With VX-enabled machines, it is capable of running instrumented OS's (Linux, Free/NetBSD) at almost native speeds, and non-instrumented OS's (Windows, Solaris) with a couple-% hit. It's that flexibility that leads to colo as the market where Xen shines. If it really were an OS-specific issue, then "Linux shops" might as well use UML. (<cough> <shudder>) -- -- Todd Vierling <[email protected]> <[email protected]> <[email protected]>
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