Hi, I''m new to Xen (or to Virtulization), I want to have minimal installation of the the Xen server to support 2 guest os (Both Windows and Linux). What minimal hardware do I need to have? Thanks, Amol Jadhav _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On 09/04/2009 06:42 AM Amol Jadhav wrote:> Hi, > I''m new to Xen (or to Virtulization), I want to have minimal > installation of the the Xen server to support 2 guest os (Both Windows > and Linux). What minimal hardware do I need to have? > > Thanks, > Amol JadhavI''m very interested in this topic also. I''m looking to buy a 64-bit laptop on which I can run xen/linux with full virtualization, with Windows, Linux, and opensolaris running on top. The Intel Core 2 Duo processors all have subtle differences. Are there one or two of them which are significantly better than the others? Anybody have laptop recommendations? Thanks. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Amol Jadhav<amolj.1306@gmail.com> wrote:> Hi, > I''m new to Xen (or to Virtulization), I want to have minimal > installation of the the Xen server to support 2 guest os (Both Windows > and Linux). What minimal hardware do I need to have?Any server/PC/notebook capable of hardware virtualization (available in cpu and enabled in BIOS) should work. I use Compaq 2210b with Core2 Duo T8100. 1G memory is enough for playing, but for serious work you need 2GB or more. Note that XP mode in Windows7 also has the same requirement. -- Fajar _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Fajar A. Nugraha wrote:>Any server/PC/notebook capable of hardware virtualization (available >in cpu and enabled in BIOS) should work.That "enabled in BIOS" bit is important. There are stories of people buying fairly upmarket machines, advertised as having a VT enabled CPU, only to find that it''s disabled in the BIOS. It also affects people looking to use the XP Emulation feature in Windows 7 - and people are "a bit miffed" to buy a machine touted as ready for Windows 7 and find that key features have been disabled without any hint in the specs. The safest thing to do is specifically ask the vendor if it supports VT - if they say yes and it doesn''t then you have grounds to return it. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/06/sony_vaio_virtualization_disabled/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/27/fujitsu_windows_7_intel_virtualization/ -- 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