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Re: [LUG] [DCLUG] Virtualization and Databases

 

Neil Stone wrote:

> I've not done this, but I hear that Xen can host Windows based domU's...
>  I have used Linux domU's only, but not had any issues so far (none that
> were not my fault anyway) but I've not used massive databases.. yet..
> 

I was under the impression that if the CPU has native virtualisation 
support (Intel Core 2 Duo or higher and pretty much all AMD AM2 socket 
CPUs) then Windows would run on Xen.  As far as I can remember Windows 
won't run on Xen if the CPU doesn't support virtualisation (so that 
rules out Celeron Dual Core and Pentium Dual Core).

I've got VMWare Server running on my Ubuntu box (Phenom X4 9600, 4GB 
Ram) and it runs Windows 2003 Server and SQL Server fine, although 
saying that, they're small test boxes.  I believe I don't have 
virtualisation turned on in VMWare by default but it runs okay.

Rob

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