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Re: 1 CPU or 2 ?



On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 08:37:01PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 10/18/06 20:04, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 08:02:37PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> >> There's Xen.  And VMware.
> >>
> >> VMware has been around for years, and is a known, rock-solid
> >> hypervisor.
> >>
> > Actually, I believe that Xen is a virtualizer.  Or do they have
> > different approaches for their workstation and server products?
> 
> "Generic" Xen is a paravirtualizer.
> 
> Xen 3.0.2+ on modern Intel and AMD CPUs allows for hardware
> virtualization.  The technology code names are Vanderpool and  Pacifica.
> 
Oops.  I mean to say: "I believe that *VMWare* is a virtualizer."

Sorry.

> > Good point.  Not just that, though, but reliable bandwidth.  No sense
> > having lots of bandwidth if it is unreliable.
> 
> ????
> 
> Who makes unreliable server-class hardware anymore?
> 
Who spends $$$$ on server hardware and then holds it together with a $50
switch?

Regards,

-Roberto

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Roberto C. Sanchez
http://people.connexer.com/~roberto
http://www.connexer.com

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