[et-mgmt-tools] Xen 'production' services - are we there yet?

[Richard W.M. Jones]

Aaron Lippold wrote:
> Thanks so much for the thoughts. So, I would assume then that a 'Xen
> production env' has advantages not really in quote unquote
> consolidation but flexibility? What's the one line ROI then to the
> management in your opinion?

The advantages of virtualisation are really about isolation (one service 
can't stomp on another) and being able to run lots of different 
operating systems conveniently, eg. for builds or testing.  Lesser 
advantages are migration and load balancing.

No idea about "one line ROI"s.

Rich.

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