From: Todd Vierling (no email)
Date: Mon Apr 03 2006 - 14:48:45 EDT
On Mon, 3 Apr 2006, wrote:
> Solaris shops are going to find Zones useful. Linux shops are going to find
> Xen useful. However, I severely doubt that Zones are going to attract any Linux
> shops, or that Xen will be enough to make Solaris shops convert.
Xen's bigges strength really is in the colocation business. With VX-enabled
machines, it is capable of running instrumented OS's (Linux, Free/NetBSD) at
almost native speeds, and non-instrumented OS's (Windows, Solaris) with a
couple-% hit. It's that flexibility that leads to colo as the market where
Xen shines.
If it really were an OS-specific issue, then "Linux shops" might as well use
UML. (<cough> <shudder>)
-- -- Todd Vierling <> <> <>
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