In Vmware ESX, when using NFS storage, you are required to create a separate and additional vmkernel portgroup to access your NFS storage. This way ESX Management traffic travels over one port group and NFS traffic travels over another. In Xenserver the concept is similar; however executed much differently.
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Getting Started with XenServer: Features and Licensing
This post is pretty much a bunch of links that I have found that I am using to get up to speed with ZenServer. I've got a new virtualization project just around the corner and Vmware is no longer a good fit for us. The link below is from Citrix.com and compares the various features … Continue reading Getting Started with XenServer: Features and Licensing
Considering Alternatives to VMware
Interested in doing some serious virtualization on Cisco's new UCS C-Series line of servers? Seriously, why would'nt you be. Cisco's UCS C460 M2 server supports up to 4 intel E7-4800 processors -- these are 10 core procs people -- and up to 1tb of memory. Thats 40 cores in 4 RU!