Administering the Virtualized Data Center
The chief benefit of frontends like these is in doing things that are too large or complex for simpler tools, though some would hold that no problem is too large for a well-written shell script. The largest and best of these tools allow Xen to truly flex its capabilities, leading to giant automated systems such as we see in Amazon's EC2. In this category are several packages, including OpenQRM, ConVirt, and Enomalism. All three of these have their adherents. However, we've chosen to focus on lower-level, more commonly available tools while the more advanced management frontends stabilize.
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