From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hans de Bruin Subject: Re: Recent kvm and vmware server comparisons? Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:28:24 +0100 Message-ID: <499D96B8.6040508@xs4all.nl> References: <200902101919.06778.tfjellstrom@shaw.ca> <200902180540.15737.tfjellstrom@shaw.ca> <7B7881568CF40E4388B615CD06F87B98098AE1@clara.maurer-it.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE To: kvm@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from smtp-vbr6.xs4all.nl ([194.109.24.26]:3392 "EHLO smtp-vbr6.xs4all.nl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751408AbZBSR21 (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:28:27 -0500 Received: from [10.10.0.4] (ipix.xs4all.nl [82.95.117.198]) by smtp-vbr6.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n1JHSPJ2076341 for ; Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:28:25 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from bruinjm@xs4all.nl) In-Reply-To: <7B7881568CF40E4388B615CD06F87B98098AE1@clara.maurer-it.com> Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Martin Maurer wrote: >> I suppose no-one has any? >> >=20 > VMware includes in its EULA (End User License Agreement) a prohibitio= n for any licensee to publish benchmark results without VMware's approv= al. > (see https://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/eula.php) >=20 > Maybe this is a reason why all published VMWare benchmarks looks quit= e similar :-) >=20 > I would love to see a comparison but due to this restrictions it=B4s = hard to get independent results. >=20 Why compare kvm to vmware and not to real hardware? The results can tha= n=20 be compared to vmware/hardware and hyper-v/hardware. --=20 Hans