Xen users - Jan 2008 - XenExpress or OpenSource Xen, which is better?

Hi:

I am just interested in running a Guest Linux OS and a guest windows XP OS on my
"AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4000+"
   machine w/ 3 Gb of memory. I don''t need to run a 64 bit OS and in
fact prefer 32 bit OS to be "main stream". I was wondering,
for someone like me, is it better to use the free version of commercial product
(XenExpress) or is it better to use open source
Xen 3.2 release. I welcome any advise, easy of setup and stability are my main
needs.

Thanks.

Gautam


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On Mon, 21 Jan 2008, Gautam Thaker wrote:
> I am just interested in running a Guest Linux OS and a guest windows XP OS
on my "AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4000+"
>    machine w/ 3 Gb of memory. I don''t need to run a 64 bit OS and
in fact prefer 32 bit OS to be "main stream". I was wondering,
> for someone like me, is it better to use the free version of commercial
product (XenExpress) or is it better to use open source
> Xen 3.2 release. I welcome any advise, easy of setup and stability are my
main needs.
I think Xen 3.2 from a technical point of view will give you a better
experience. But this assumes you are a techie and don''t care for nifty
interfaces. Btw, my advice to you is to go 64bit :) with 3.2.


Stefan


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On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 04:04:35 +0100 (CET), Stefan de Konink
<skinkie@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Jan 2008, Gautam Thaker wrote:
> 
>> I am just interested in running a Guest Linux OS and a guest windows XP
> OS on my "AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4000+"
>>    machine w/ 3 Gb of memory. I don''t need to run a 64 bit OS
and in
> fact prefer 32 bit OS to be "main stream". I was wondering,
>> for someone like me, is it better to use the free version of commercial
> product (XenExpress) or is it better to use open source
>> Xen 3.2 release. I welcome any advise, easy of setup and stability are
> my main needs.
> 
> I think Xen 3.2 from a technical point of view will give you a better
> experience. But this assumes you are a techie and don''t care for
nifty
> interfaces. Btw, my advice to you is to go 64bit :) with 3.2.
> 
> 
> Stefan
> 
> 
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If you prefer easy setup and maintenance use Xen Server Express.

Regards,

kanour


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> If you prefer easy setup and maintenance use Xen Server Express.
XenExpress wants to take over an entire machine; OpenSource Xen can be dropped 
on top of an existing distro.  If you want the former, XenExpress is fine.  
If you want to add virtualisation to an existing install you pretty much have 
to use OpenSource Xen.

Xen Express provides stable PV drivers for Windows to enhance performance.  
There are Open Source PV drivers for Windows under development but they are 
not yet finished.

Cheers,
Mark

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