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I want to be able to have (right now with my current hardware) 5 virtual CentOS "Clouds/VPS/Servers" (whatever is trendy to say now). I will be able to allot 2 real intel cores w/hyper-threading, and 8gb RAM each while keeping 2 cores and more than 8gb RAM for the main OS/virtualization software side. I already have the hardware.

Goals
  • Cost: $0 to VERY affordable <$500 ideally for what's required to virtualize.
  • API needed to create/destory instances (Web control required too.)
  • Monitoring/Stats API or Resource Page/Admin a plus

As of now sharing the 1Gig LAN connection between all instances. Data is on same server.

I've only used places like Linode, RackSpace Cloud, DigitalOcean, AWS, etc... and now want to control some of my own :)

Educate me on my options, and pros/cons of going that way please.

If spending 500$+ provides me much more control let meknow which software/why and I can research that a lot more.
 
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Looks like Linode and others ran XCP and Cloud something, but the new XenServer 6.2 from what I've gathered eliminates the need for them separately.

So, it looks like I want to look into XenServer more. Can you run XenServer on baremetal and guests directly from xenserver or do I need to run it on Fedora or Windows Host?
 
"2013/04/04 "

last update on their website, any more recent updates for them?
 
iamwhoiamtoday said:
XenServer runs great on baremetal, but the control software (XenCenter) has to be run on Windows.
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Can you run XenServer on baremetal, and then XenCEnter on another system to manage it?

If so that's not a problem.

Any good info/guides to this point me to the URL, I'm not opposed to reading and DIY, but I'm new running my own XenServer to this so need some ideas where to start :)

I've virtualized in OSX and WIndows before using VMware and something else I forget, but never on baremetal or with Xen ;)
 
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