Monthly Archives: February 2012

How to: Install Citrix XenServer

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Michael

Let’s talk about something a little more technical: Xen virtualization. When you mention virtualization, most people immediately think of the type many Linux distros utilize. Well, properly setting up these Xen versions can be tricky. There are fewer problems, however, with Citrix XenServer, mostly because it has a very accessible management interface. It’s free, too, which is nice.

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Xen Vs VMware

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Michael

VMWare has great pre-built systems.  Microsoft Hyper-V does a horrible job at this, while Xen may appear to be in the back of the pack at first, it really isn’t.  The fact that Xen has no pre-built systems doesn’t slow down the server room, because the servers we spin up are our own.  We assemble our own pre-built systems, and they work great, certainly faster than the rest once you’ve got a few good baseline systems built.

Tools:

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Virtual Server Room -When to go virtual.

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Michael

If you have three or more servers in your server room, then you should consider virtualizing.

The best way to describer a virtual server is to imagine you’ve taken a full snapshot of your entire server and then you boot it inside another system.  There are many tools that help you do this, even free tools.  These technologies range from VMWare to Xen server and even tools you might use on your Mac, like Fusion and Parallels, are virtualization tools.

We have identified two basic situations when it’s obviously and unarguably time to go virtual:

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