On Mar 9, 2006, at 6:56 AM, seth bollinger wrote:
> 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.
>
Xen runs on NetBSD, Linux and can run on FreeBSD with patches that I
think will be in FreeBSD 6.1.
>
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/SRG/netos/xen/readmes/user/user.html>
http://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:
>
>> seth bollinger wrote:
>>
>>> Hello All,
>>>
>>> It would be really cool to see an open-source competitor to
>>> VMWare's ESX
>>> server.
>>>
>> What about Xen ?
>>
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>> Wouldn't VPN be a better solution for that problem?
>>
>> Bernhard
>>
>>
>>
>
