Re: [tlug] Xen advice, please

["Keith Bawden" <keith@example.com>]

> Instead of waiting for the new machines to arrive to work out OS
> upgrading and migrating issues, I was thinking that Xen would allow
> me to migrate the systems ahead of time and then have a more flexible
> installation when I am done.
>
> Am I being unrealistic or unwise?

Sound like a good plan. I have used VMware to consolodate services
from a bunch of machines onto one. You will need to ensure that the
new server is up to the task of running the virtualised servers. You
should get an idea by analysing the load on the current servers.

> Is Xen ready for production use?

Not sure, but from reading some articles here and there it would
appear that it is already in production use. I have Xen running on my
laptop (sort of) and have not really tested/used it enough to tell you
more.

Regards, Keith