Re: Virtualization - what do You recommend?

[Johann Spies <jspies@sun.ac.za>]

On Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 12:19:49PM +0100, Rafa? Radecki wrote:
> 
> I plan to use virtualization in my production environment. I plan to use one of
> the following options:
> - KVM;
> - VMWare Esxi;
> - VMWare Workstation.
> 
> I plan to install Windows 2008 as a guest. I want to use something like LVM
> snapshots for backups. Stability is also very important, the guest will be used
> as a production server.
> Which option could You recommend and why?

I use VirtualBox.  

Before you decide you can have a look at a recent Linux Journal article:

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/10528 with the title:
Virtualization Shootout: VMware Server vs. VirtualBox vs. KVM

Regards
Johann

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