On Jan 20, 2010, at 8:42 PM, Ryan Pugatch wrote:
> Unfortunately, I have been having horrible performance issues with Windows XP
> under Xen.
If you haven't already, give the GPLPV ("ParaVirt") drivers for XP a quick try.
They're supposed to help network and disk performance significantly:
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenWindowsGplPv
> What I'm hoping to find out from people on this list is other suggestions on
> what to use to virtualize XP under Linux or if Xen is what most people are
> using.
VMware tends to be friendlier to Windows, but if you want to stick with
something Linux/Xen-based, you might also consider Citrix' XenServer 5.5. XP
is fully supported on the platform, and Citrix provides their own mature set of
ParaVirt drivers for Windows. I have a customer who moved a batch of old user
XP desktops to a XenServer cluster, and the users are quite happy.
> Secondly, I'm curious what people use for testing sites under Internet
> Explorer (my devs all
> use Macs, and I don't want to have them virtualize on their machines). Plus,
> they need to be able to test under IE6 and IE7/8.
Have you considered one of the web-based services that shows your site rendered
in whatever selection of browsers you request? Let someone else manage the
virtualization for a small monthly fee, and your developers can quickly get the
results they need:
http://litmusapp.com/browser-testing
http://crossbrowsertesting.com/
--
Joshua Penix http://www.binarytribe.com
Binary Tribe Linux Integration Services & Network Consulting
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