AW: Re: Dell PowerEdge Pro410 with NetBSD 5

["Niels Dettenbach" <nd%syndicat.com@localhost>]

> ...ESXi...
Why do you think about such a crazy stuff if you prefer XEN (and PV i 
mention...)?
Before you go on ESXi i would recommend to use a XEN Linux Dom0.

Linux provides usually all drivers for the typical server management hardware / 
features - so our typical scenario is running NetBSD as PV DomU on a slight 
(Gentoo) Linux Dom0 which performs very well and gives full access to the 
underlying hardware features (we mainly use HP instead) and the ability to run 
manufacturer software on it (instead of building your own Linux Dom0 you might 
try a ready to run XEN Dom0 linux distri to check how far that suites your 
needs).

If there is any way to do this by NetBSD we would switch the DomU into NetBSDs 
too.

hth
Cheers and good luck,

Niels.
Syndicat IT&Internet
http://www.syndicat.com