Hi, I want to use xen 3.1 on debian 4.0 (etch) in order to have Win XP, OpenSolaris, FreeBSD, NetBSD as guest os. Could you tell me if tell following hardware will fit fore this purpose (system is used for development)? Intel Core 2 Duo E6600, 4 GB RAM, 4x WD 1600AAJS (RAID 0+1), ASUS EN7600 Top Silent/HTD It would also be interessting for me if it will sufficent work (preformance) if I do video editiing (min-dv, mpeg2 etc.) on Win XP as a guest os. kind regards, Oliver _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Oliver Kowalke wrote:> It would also be interessting for me if it will sufficent work (preformance) > if I do video editiing (min-dv, mpeg2 etc.) on Win XP as a guest os.Probably not, unless you use the commercial xen. Hard drive and network access is a fraction of the throughput of the bare machine due to lack of drivers, and of course you''ll have no video hardware directly, only terminal server or vnc (not sure if commercial xen includes a video driver or just network/hard drive drivers). That''ll make previewing videos a pain at best. TBH for something that work heavy I wouldn''t virtualise it anyway - you need every ounce of I/O speed you can get. Tony _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users