building a XEN system

[Dag-Erling Smørgrav]

"Dan Langille" <dan at langille.org> writes:
> Antec Sonata II w/smartpower 2.0 450w - $110

I bought an Antec Sonata I a while back and was not particularly
impressed.  It looks very nice just out of the shipping box, but it
doesn't keep well - the glossy finish on the steel parts scratches
very easily, and the plastic parts look and feel like cheap, chunky
plastic.  Don't know what has changed between the Sonata I and the
Sonata II, though.

> AMD Athlon64 3800+ (2.4Ghz) 640Kb AM2 - $130
> [...]
> The AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+ Dual Core AM2 is just $20 more, but I was
> unsure as to whether or not a dual core would be an advantage under
> XEN, but for $20 more, what a deal!

I would expect much better performance from a dual core CPU than from
a single core CPU, at least if you have multiple virtual machines
running concurrently.

DES
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