Re: [Xen-users] windows server on xen in production?

[Barry van Someren <barry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

According to the manual the free version is no longer limited as of release 5.0

Regards,

Barry

On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Dustin Henning
<Dustin.Henning@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>        The Citrix drivers come with the various versions Citrix XenServer.
> Moreover, they only work for said Citrix XenServer, not open source Xen.
> There is a free version of the Citrix XenServer, but when I looked at it, it
> only supported 1 (one) cpu/core (total), and no more than 4 domUs.
>        Dustin
>
> From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ma-ris Ruskulis
> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 06:02
> To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] windows server on xen in production?
>
> Where can I get  Citrix drivers for XEN?
>
> Randy McAnally wrote:
> We use the Citrix drivers on XenServer in production and the performance is
> very, very good.  Equal CPU performance for single CPU, but much better than
>
> GPLPV for multi CPU.  Network and disk performance is better than GPLPV in
> all cases.  And most importantly, they never, ever crash.
>
> --
> Randy
> www.FastServ.com
>
> ---------- Original Message -----------
> From: "Dustin Henning" <Dustin.Henning@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "'Xen Users Mailing List'" <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:13:59 -0500
> Subject: RE: [Xen-users] windows server on xen in production?
>
>
> Xen.org HVM DomUs would probably be equally production-ready
> barring Windows drivers, though, and on top of that I believe some
> users do use GPLPV drivers in production in spite of best practice
> concerns and downtime risk.  I am not sure how great HVM domUs would
> be for DB service in general, though.  Without drivers it would
> certainly be costly in terms of performance.  With drivers, I
> believe the GPLPV drivers perform better that the Citrix ones to
> such an extent that some Citrix users have tried to use them (which
> may or may not be possible but that would have to be verified in
> this list's archives).  Dustin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xen-users-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Randy McAnally Sent:
> Friday, January 16, 2009 09:24 To: Ma-ris Ruskulis; xen-
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> users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] windows server on xen in production?
>
> Xen and Windows is not production ready (PV drivers are still beta
> and in development).  However the commerical varient Citrix
> XenServer is production ready.
>
> --
> Randy
> www.FastServ.com
>
> ---------- Original Message -----------
> From: Ma-ris Ruskulis <maris@xxxxxxxx>
> To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:30:27 +0200
> Subject: [Xen-users] windows server on xen in production?
>
>
> Hello!
> I'm wondering about using windows 2003 for MSSQL replication. Is someone
> using win server on xen in production? What is experience of using this?
> Is it production ready?
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