On Thu, 28 Apr 2005, Gil Freund wrote: > On a side note, can anyone share information on performance of the ESX > product vs. the GSX product on Linux? Aside from memory > over-committing, most ESX functions (such as vMotion) are not relevant > to me.
the ESX product does not work "on linux". it works side-by-side with linux (it is implemented as a set of kernel modules, and the host OS interacts with these modules directly, not via any host operating system). when you install ESX, you don't install it on linux - you install it on a bare machine, and it installs a linux system to serve as a console OS. it's a strange product, indeed, and supports a rather limited set of hardware for the guest operating systems (e.g. only SCSI disks, only a small set of network cards, etc). you can now guess about its performance increase relative to the GSX server due to this architecture. -- guy "For world domination - press 1, or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
