Hi my friends Who is better XEN source Vs Hyper-V ? Somebody have documentation about this comparation ? Thank very much -- *Bruno Steven - Administrador de sistemas* *LPIC-2 / MCSA-Windows 2003 / CompTIA Security+ * _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
It depends which guest OS you plan to run the most. For example, Linux runs as a guest under both Xen and Hyper-V. However, Linux guests run quite poorly under Hyper-V. If you plan to run a lot of Linux guests, I would definitely encourage you to use Xen instead of Hyper-V. If all of the guests will be Windows based, Hyper-V can be an excellent solution, though. -----Original Message----- From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Bruno Steven Sent: Friday, July 01, 2011 11:44 AM To: Xen User-List Subject: [Xen-users] Who is better . Hi my friends Who is better XEN source Vs Hyper-V ? Somebody have documentation about this comparation ? Thank very much -- Bruno Steven - Administrador de sistemas LPIC-2 / MCSA-Windows 2003 / CompTIA Security+ <http://ainfra.net/wordpress/wp-content/themes/Altimate/images/logo.jpg> _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
admin@xenhive.com wrote:>It depends which guest OS you plan to run the most. For example, >Linux runs as a guest under both Xen and Hyper-V. However, Linux >guests run quite poorly under Hyper-V. If you plan to run a lot of >Linux guests, I would definitely encourage you to use Xen instead of >Hyper-V. If all of the guests will be Windows based, Hyper-V can be >an excellent solution, though.I''d concur with that. We use both at work, I use Xen for the Linux stuff, my manager uses Hyper-V for the Windows stuff. Hyper-V has the advantage for many that it has a nice GUI and you can randomly click options to configure it ! When I hear what they are loading the machines up with, I get the impression that Hyper-V is a tad hungry - but that could just be that Windows tends to be quite hungry while my Linux boxes are generally fairly lean and doing different tasks. One major difference is that with Xen and appropriate guests (eg Linux guests that run as PV), you don''t need hardware virtualisation support. That''s how I got three of my servers - cast offs that can''t run Hyper-V because of the lack of that. Mind you, I''ll probably be firing up a Linux guest under Hyper-V shortly. This will be to go onsite at a customer where they already have Hyper-V running. -- Simon Hobson Visit http://www.magpiesnestpublishing.co.uk/ for books by acclaimed author Gladys Hobson. Novels - poetry - short stories - ideal as Christmas stocking fillers. Some available as e-books. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Le 02/07/2011 00:29, Simon Hobson a écrit :> admin@xenhive.com wrote: >> It depends which guest OS you plan to run the most. For example, >> Linux runs as a guest under both Xen and Hyper-V. However, Linux >> guests run quite poorly under Hyper-V. If you plan to run a lot of >> Linux guests, I would definitely encourage you to use Xen instead of >> Hyper-V. If all of the guests will be Windows based, Hyper-V can be >> an excellent solution, though. > > I''d concur with that. We use both at work, I use Xen for the Linux > stuff, my manager uses Hyper-V for the Windows stuff. Hyper-V has the > advantage for many that it has a nice GUI and you can randomly click > options to configure it !Wow! random clicking that make things works! Great! Who needs a brain :)> When I hear what they are loading the machines up with, I get the > impression that Hyper-V is a tad hungry - but that could just be that > Windows tends to be quite hungry while my Linux boxes are generally > fairly lean and doing different tasks. > > One major difference is that with Xen and appropriate guests (eg Linux > guests that run as PV), you don''t need hardware virtualisation > support. That''s how I got three of my servers - cast offs that can''t > run Hyper-V because of the lack of that. > > Mind you, I''ll probably be firing up a Linux guest under Hyper-V > shortly. This will be to go onsite at a customer where they already > have Hyper-V running. >-- <http://www.horoa.net> _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Alexandre Chapellon wrote:>>I''d concur with that. We use both at work, I use Xen for the Linux >>stuff, my manager uses Hyper-V for the Windows stuff. Hyper-V has >>the advantage for many that it has a nice GUI and you can randomly >>click options to configure it ! > >Wow! random clicking that make things works! Great! >Who needs a brain :)Yeah, it seems to be how many people configure Windows - bring up a random control panel, and randomly stab at tick boxes until it does something vaguely like what you want ! I perhaps exaggerate a bit ... There is something else to be aware of with Hyper-V - be prepared to add superfluous network ports. It might have been just early versions from when we started using it at work, but I know they had some problems that were only solved by adding separate ports for host and guests. You know, trivial details like networking stops altogether if you try moving a large file - really handy when attempting to move a VM image to another host. And something to do with networking not working right if you had host and guests sharing a port - probably linked with the above. I didn''t take notes, I recall a certain level of frustration from those involved. -- Simon Hobson Visit http://www.magpiesnestpublishing.co.uk/ for books by acclaimed author Gladys Hobson. Novels - poetry - short stories - ideal as Christmas stocking fillers. Some available as e-books. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
> Alexandre Chapellon wrote: > > >>I''d concur with that. We use both at work, I use Xen for the Linux > >>stuff, my manager uses Hyper-V for the Windows stuff. Hyper-V has > >>the advantage for many that it has a nice GUI and you can randomly > >>click options to configure it ! > > > >Wow! random clicking that make things works! Great! > >Who needs a brain :) > > Yeah, it seems to be how many people configure Windows - bring up a > random control panel, and randomly stab at tick boxes until it does > something vaguely like what you want ! I perhaps exaggerate a bit ... > > > There is something else to be aware of with Hyper-V - be prepared to > add superfluous network ports. It might have been just early versions > from when we started using it at work, but I know they had some > problems that were only solved by adding separate ports for host and > guests. > > You know, trivial details like networking stops altogether if you try > moving a large file - really handy when attempting to move a VM image > to another host. > > And something to do with networking not working right if you had host > and guests sharing a port - probably linked with the above. I didn''t > take notes, I recall a certain level of frustration from those > involved.Yes networking is a huge pain under Hyper-V. The recommendation is to turn off anything to do with acceleration and then cross your fingers. James _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users