Quick Question about virtualization..

[damainman]

Note: I know this has been asked before, but I am trying to get a clearer answer for something I have in mind.

 

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Hey All,

 

I am looking to get the Linux version of TCAdmin, but I am trying to plan how what route I want to move forward before actually purchasing the license.

 

I have a two dedicated servers to choose from depending on which one would do a better job. I plan on updating the Hard Drive space and RAM at a later date depending on how I move forward.

 

Server 1:

• 500GB Hard Drive
  
• 8GB RAM
  
• 2x 64bit Intel Xeon L5420(Quad Core) @ 2.50Ghz
  

 

Server2:

• 500GB Hard Drive
  
• 8GB RAM
  
• 2x 64bit Intel Xeon E5420(Quad Core) @ 2.50GHz
  

 

 

I want to run a virtual machine that will host about 10 game servers, with about 16 active slots per server. It will be a mix and match from:

1. Minecraft
   
2. Counter Strike( 1.6, Source, Global Offensive)
   
3. Battlefield
   
4. Team Fortress
   

 

 

I know the general consensus is virtualization is a horrible idea if you plan on running virtual servers on them. The issue is, the discussions I read do not really clearly state whether they are speaking about a virtual server running inside an OS(ie: VMware Player running on Windows with the game server in a VM) or a Hypervisor such as Xen Cloud Platform.

 

I am trying to get a definite answer on how feasible the above would be and how much of a performance hit it might be if the VM running the game servers is on a hypervisor such as Xen Cloud Platform. My initial research lead me to believe that there wouldn't be a performance hit since the virtualization is different than running it via inside of a OS.

[Bigstack]

I have ran Minecraft and CSS inside a VPS container before. As long as the resources are there for the VPS and not oversold you shouldn't notice a difference at least in my experiences.