Xen benchmarks vs ESX (vmware)

Xen benchmarks vs ESX (vmware)

[Fraser Campbell]

Hi,

Has anyone benchmarked xen against vmware's ESX server?  I see the benchmarks 
against vmware workstation but I expect ESX would do significantly better.

Thanks
P.S. Any plans for a xen-user list, or is this an appropriate spot for my 
question?
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Fraser Campbell <fraser@wehave.net>                 http://www.wehave.net/
Georgetown, Ontario, Canada                               Debian GNU/Linux


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Re: Xen benchmarks vs ESX (vmware)

[Niraj Tolia]

Fraser,

As far as I am aware of, the research community is forced to benchmark
against Workstation 3.x because the EULA in later versions prevents
anyone from publishing benchmarking numbers. Look at the Restrictions
section in the EULA at <http://www.vmware.com/download/ws4_eula.html>
for Workstation 4.x. I am sure its the same for ESX.

Niraj


On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 09:03:59 -0500, Fraser Campbell
<fraser@georgetown.wehave.net> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Has anyone benchmarked xen against vmware's ESX server?  I see the benchmarks
> against vmware workstation but I expect ESX would do significantly better.
> 
> Thanks
> P.S. Any plans for a xen-user list, or is this an appropriate spot for my
> question?
> --
> Fraser Campbell <fraser@wehave.net>                 http://www.wehave.net/
> Georgetown, Ontario, Canada                               Debian GNU/Linux
> 
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Re: Xen benchmarks vs ESX (vmware)

[Kip Macy]

That is correct. If you look at the "art of virtualization" paper
there is an explicit comment to that effect.

           -Kip


On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 12:23:16 -0500, Niraj Tolia <ntolia@gmail.com> wrote:
> Fraser,
> 
> As far as I am aware of, the research community is forced to benchmark
> against Workstation 3.x because the EULA in later versions prevents
> anyone from publishing benchmarking numbers. Look at the Restrictions
> section in the EULA at <http://www.vmware.com/download/ws4_eula.html>
> for Workstation 4.x. I am sure its the same for ESX.
> 
> Niraj
> 
> On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 09:03:59 -0500, Fraser Campbell
> <fraser@georgetown.wehave.net> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Has anyone benchmarked xen against vmware's ESX server?  I see the benchmarks
> > against vmware workstation but I expect ESX would do significantly better.
> >
> > Thanks
> > P.S. Any plans for a xen-user list, or is this an appropriate spot for my
> > question?
> > --
> > Fraser Campbell <fraser@wehave.net>                 http://www.wehave.net/
> > Georgetown, Ontario, Canada                               Debian GNU/Linux
> >
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