On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 1:23 PM, JK <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jknapka@kneuro.net">jknapka@kneuro.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><br>I use XEN in 2 production environments, and 3 office environments and love it. Whlle all Dom0 servers are CentOS5 - x86_64, the office environments run multiple different 32 and 64-bit DomU guests on file-based images (WinXP, CentOS3/4/5, Ubuntu 8.04, Win2003 Server). The production environment runs both 32 and 64-bit CentOS 5 paravirtualized guests using LVM based images. They perform great and are rock-solid. Your hardware specs are more than adequate for a XEN setup, although fully virtualized guests like Windows will definitely eat up more CPU.<br>
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I'd like to be able to run four virtual machines each<br>
equivalent to perhaps a 500Mhz P3 with 1GB RAM or thereabouts.<br>
Exact performance is negotiable.<br>
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RAM $130 2 x OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2<br>
1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2P10664GK -<br>
Retail ($65 per 2x2GB kit)<br>
</blockquote><div><br>I swear by Crucial memory, and they swear by their product. Never had compatibility issues that weren't quickly resolved by them.<br><a href="http://www.crucial.com/">http://www.crucial.com/</a><br>
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HD $ 55 Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500AAKS 250GB 7200 RPM<br>
SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM<br></blockquote></div><br>Argh. Might not be a popular opinion since a bunch of people seem to love Western Digital, but I've had nothing but problems with their desktop drives over the last 10 years, and I'm talking over 150 workstations - OEM and self built. That also includes this particular drive. Out of 20 of these in a server RAID array, I've had 8 that have needed replacing. I recommend the following. I've been using 10 of these for the last 10 months without any issue.<br>
<br>Seagate Barracuda ES ST3250620NS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM<br><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148155">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148155</a><br>
<br>-Ken<br>