Xen beats VMware to native 64-bit punch | Linux Today

Xen beats VMware to native 64-bit punch

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 22, 2007

[ Thanks to Virtualization_Dork for this
link. ]

“Version 3.1 of the open-source Xen hypervisor,
official word of which is imminently expected, now runs natively in
64-bit, making it possible to run any supported operating system in
64-bit or 32-bit mode, including key 64-bit applications like
Oracle, SAP, Microsoft Exchange 2007 and Microsoft SQL Server 2007.

“That’s somewhat of a coup for open source Xen virtualization,
which in other respects has lagged behind VMware’s ESX hypervisor.
VMware officially added 64-bit guest support to ESX this fall with
the launch of version 3.0.1, even though the hypervisor itself runs
as a 32-bit application.”


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Web Webster

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Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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