I purchased parts for another server recently and thought I would document my choices. I wanted to spend more but that’s not an option at the moment. So here’s what I bought and when I get the parts I can report on my level of satisfaction.

Virtualization is the future of computing. Virtualizing servers has many benefits which including increased manageability, reduced hardware costs, strengthened security, and others that are outside the scope of this article. Among the array of virtualization solutions Xen stands out as the one I am most interested in pursuing at this time as it is Free/Libre/Open Source Software (FLOSS) and provides the functionality and performance I desire.