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Re: [Xen-users] xen 3.2.1 + intel quad core + 8gigs of ram + linux

To: "Jimmy Brake" <jimmy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] xen 3.2.1 + intel quad core + 8gigs of ram + linux
From: tmac <tmacmd@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 22:18:25 -0400
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I use RHEL5.2. Recently upgraded (very painlessly) from RHEL5.1 to RHEL5.2

Intel Starlake PSL5000, 2x quad-core, 16gigs FBDIMM, 250G SATA

Works great.

Obvioulsy, CentOS 5.2 is the free version...

--tmac

On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 10:11 PM, Jimmy Brake <jimmy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Nick,
>
> After I sent out this email I had second thoughts. Basically what I would
> like to know is if I can install a fresh OS then install xen from
> pre-compiled packages that will work on my hardware.  I don't mind compiling
> and configuring but its my second option.
>
> Jimmy
>
> Nick Couchman wrote:
>
> I like SLES10 (SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10) because they've done some
> good things with VM management (though they don't always have the latest
> versions of all of the apps).  Personal preference, though - the "best host"
> version of Linux is very, very subjective.
>
> -Nick
>
>>>> On 2008/06/02 at 17:14, Jimmy Brake <jimmy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Anyone have a suggestion which version of Linux would be the best host? We
> typically use Ubuntu but we are flexible since we want the best performance
> and the least amount of headaches getting it installed and working.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jimmy
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--tmac

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