Re: [Xen-users] New to Xen

[Fantu <fantonifabio@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I use only xen opensource, about it:
1 blktap support vmdk: http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/blktap or you can
convert it, there tools also in linux
3 you can assigne usb device to domU, also PV usb with last version
6 xen 4 open source http://www.xen.org/products/xen_source.html support over
200 cpu and 1 terabyte of ram if i not mistaken
7 there is a good wiki with continuous improvement:
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/FrontPage


Allan Levene-2 wrote:
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> I'm new to Xen, although have plenty of experience with VMware products.
> Can
> anyone answer these specific questions, without me having to research the
> arcane nature of the Xen Server product.
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> 1              Can an assortment of .vmdk ESXi OS's be converted without
> using the Windows utility? For example, is there one built in the latest
> bare metal XenServer Essentials so by just copying the .vmdk files using
> scp
> from the VMware server directly to the XenServer the script will convert
> them one after another by using a script overnight?
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> 2              Does XenServer Essentials have a ability for timed backups?
> Does the OS have to be shut down, or can it run during the backups? I saw
> the metadata backup, but that's only a part of the puzzle.
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> 3              Can XenServer Essentials mount an external USB or eSATA
> drive
> for backup purposes?
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> 4              Has anyone written a blog post or anything describing the
> different flavors of XenServer Essentials without resorting to jargon,
> that
> only means something once you know the product?
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> 5              What's the difference between the OpenSource Xen Server
> (v4?)
> and the Citrix XenServer Essentials?
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> 6              How many CPU cores does XenServer Essentials support.
> VMware
> ESXi supports 6.
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> 7              Anything else a newbie needs to know.
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