Xen is a free, high-performance virtual machine monitor that enables you to consolidate your hardware and finally put the unused cycles to be used? Without sacrificing reliability, performance, or scalability. Xen Book explains everything you need to know in order to use Xen effectively, including installation, networking, memory management, and virtual storage. Crawford shows you how to: Provides virtual hosting to tens of users, each with their own individual needs Install and manage multiple guests, including various flavors of Linux, NetBSD, Solaris, and Windows Select the appropriate virtual storage option for your needs smooth migration of your system and create a new image Tune and benchmark your system to make them as quickly as possible Troubleshoot Xen issues are most common, such as network management and memory Expert advice is priceless when it comes to running an open source virtualization technology like Xen complicated.