Re: [Xen-users] Xen sources express vs RHEL5 xen

[Mark Williamson <mark.williamson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Could any one let me know if there is any difference between xen source
> express and xen that come with RHEL5.
>
>
> as i am not able to get that information.

Xen Express is a limited version of XenServer, for people to try out and learn 
about.  XenServer is a product of Citrix / XenSource.  It uses the Xen 
Hypervisor but has different control tools / user interface.  It completely 
takes over the machine you install it on and turns it into an appliance for 
running virtual machines.  XenServer includes management tools which run on 
Windows; you use these to control the virtual machines.  Accelerated disk and 
network drivers for Windows guests are included.

RHEL5 is a general purpose operating system for servers.  It includes a 
version of Open Source Xen, including the Xen hypervisor and some open source 
tools for managing it.  When you add Xen to a RHEL5 installation it keeps 
working as a general purpose server OS but can also run virtual machines.  
RHEL has a program called "virt-manager" which you can use to control your 
VMs - it's more basic than XenServer but it's simple and open source.

CentOS is very similar to RHEL so the same comments apply to it.

Cheers,
Mark

-- 
Push Me Pull You - Distributed SCM tool (http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~maw48/pmpu/)

_______________________________________________
Xen-users mailing list
Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users