Does anyone know if either XenServer of VMWare have a virtual server version that will run on old 32bit servers? I've got a spare old server that I want to do some testing on with the technologies.
Äh - you are aware that NO 32 bit hardware supports virtualization in hardware, so the result - even if you would find software - would SUCK. Like majorly.
Even early 64 bit CPU's lack hardware virtualization.
Retire the old stuff. That is what I do with my old hardware. There simply is no way to run a proper hyper-visor without hardware support in the CPU.
ESX 3.x(i) will run on 32-bit hardware, but will only allow you to run 32-bit guests. Furthermore, you can check the whitebox hcl for stuff that you have laying around that will make a nice home lab environment. I'd recommend against running it in production.
Xen would only support paravirtualised guests (i.e. Linux). VMware ESX would run everything but it wouldn't be fast. I recommend Xen if you are happy with paravirtualisation and/or don't need to run Windows guests.
Äh - you are aware that NO 32 bit hardware supports virtualization in hardware, so the result - even if you would find software - would SUCK. Like majorly.
Even early 64 bit CPU's lack hardware virtualization.
Retire the old stuff. That is what I do with my old hardware. There simply is no way to run a proper hyper-visor without hardware support in the CPU.
ESX 3.x(i) will run on 32-bit hardware, but will only allow you to run 32-bit guests. Furthermore, you can check the whitebox hcl for stuff that you have laying around that will make a nice home lab environment. I'd recommend against running it in production.
Xen would only support paravirtualised guests (i.e. Linux). VMware ESX would run everything but it wouldn't be fast. I recommend Xen if you are happy with paravirtualisation and/or don't need to run Windows guests.