As I understand Xen, it must run on linux. VMWare ESX server is a
microkernel that's very close to the hardware. It does not require
windows or linux to run on top of.
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/SRG/netos/xen/readmes/user/user.htmlhttp://www.vmware.com/products/esx/A vpn is what I use now, but it requires that I have each machine I work
on be pre-set up and loaded with the proper tools to accomplish tasks.
This is time consuming. Plus it's not flexible. Also, if I have only
one VM to keep updated, it much easier for patching tools and services.
Seth
Bernhard Pöss wrote:
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>>Hello All,
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>>It would be really cool to see an open-source competitor to VMWare's ESX
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>What about Xen ?
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>>Instead of having to have a machine set up properly at work that I could
>>ssh to, I could simply initiate a connection to the VM machine, load my
>>VM and do some work knowing that the VM has all the tools I need to
>>accomplish work remotely.
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>Wouldn't VPN be a better solution for that problem?
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>Bernhard
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