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Parallels Bare Metal vs XEN vs Vmware
| Posted by prashant1979, 09-08-2010, 09:37 AM | | Can anybody tell me which one is the better from the following
Parallels Bare Metal
XEN
VMWare
I am not talking about virtuozzo here, so please don't give me that option. I just need the comparison between the ones listed above and which one should I opt?
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| Posted by Psyber Chris, 09-08-2010, 09:41 AM | | I guess each one has its merits it depends on what your trying to achive i guess.... maybe if you could give a rough idea of your goal or target.... might help others help you
Chris
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| Posted by prashant1979, 09-08-2010, 09:55 AM | | We want to create a few Windows virtual servers with their own kernel and we should be able to easily backup the virtual servers and should be able to restore from the backups should any disaster occur.
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| Posted by turbovps, 09-08-2010, 11:43 PM | | Vmware is of course better and rock solid product.
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| Posted by prashant1979, 09-09-2010, 02:17 AM | | Is there any URL where there is a comparison between these three products?
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| Posted by GOT, 09-09-2010, 11:00 AM | | I would kive props to VMWare for stability and performance. However, that usually comes at a cost. Citrix works pretty well, but I have found it to be slightly less stable.
I've never tried paralels baremetal.
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| Posted by praveenkv1988, 09-09-2010, 11:27 AM | | I would recommend parallels bare metal. Good interface for clients. And its stable enough.
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| Posted by spykee, 09-09-2010, 12:24 PM | | does anyone care about citrix xenserver? lol
i think it deserve to be in the comparison, rather than parallels bare metal.
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| Posted by Darvil, 09-10-2010, 03:48 PM | | xenserver should be in the running.
Its rock solid. I don't know how much compared to vmware but I think its also faster (at least from what read). It isn't as flexible for sure but if you're doing windows then it has excellent support. The PV drivers that comes with it keeps windows running smoothly. I think on opensource xen, windows isn't as stable (from my experience).
Plus xenserver wins in the pricing (free) if thats what you're looking for. There are some free scripts you can find on the web which allows you to snapshot the VMs and then backup automatically to an NFS share.
It works for us. Consider it.
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