Comment KVM and Proxmox VE (Score 1) 218
maybe a little too late for me. I've gone with an alternative called "Proxmox VE" as a platform for VMs.
It's a slimmed Linux (?Debian?) install that uses KVM and Virtual Appliances and is managed with a nice easy web interface (similar too but simpler than Xen's with less features maybe). I am currently running a dev and a production server with no complaints (70+ days for the production server).
Some cool features include:
- paravirtualized drivers for Windows from Qumranet to speed up network/hd io (I running with these in XP and 2003). With Linux those drivers are built in.
- Live migration to another server on the network (have NOT tested this).
- VM Backups.
- Cluster management (not "clustering" AFAIK but I haven't done anything with this).
- Virtual Appliances (have not used these yet).
I don't know all the capabilities of vmware client so there might be some really cool stuff there. For my needs though Linux + KVM + the proxmox management interface works great.