Xen information at CheapVPS

Xen is virtualization software which provides API and it allows you to host diffent operating systems at one computer. Xen works by mapping hardware and operating system layer to its API. Xen has small computation overhead and it allows fair share of resources. Since modern Linux distribution like Red Hat Fedora and Suse have started to deliver its main distribution with embedded Xen inside, Xen has become more popular.

Xen becomes more popular for VPS hosting. Since it is free, Xen based hosting is usuall cheaper than Virtuozzo based. Its quality can be compared to Virtuozzo based. What is sometimes important with Xen you are able to change kernel of operating system you use, so you aren't stacked for one kernel for years. In general, both Xen and Virtuozzo virtualization software provides similar and good performance and it is difficult to say which one of them is better.