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• Running Xen: A Hands-On Guide to the Art of Virtualization
• The Definitive Guide to the Xen Hypervisor
• The Book of Xen: A Practical Guide for the System Administrator
• Virtualization with Xen(tm): Including XenEnterprise, XenServer, and XenExpress
• Mastering VMware vSphere 4 (Computer/Tech)
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Rating: - Dated yet worthwhile
If you are looking to get familiar with Xen, (or Oracles xVM) this book is a pretty good starting point. It covers some of the lower level aspects of Xen most people may not even be aware of. Little things like how to properly construct an xml configuration file for your virtual machines, instead of typing out long command lines over and over.

Give it a read it's worthwhile, and still sits on my book shelf for some periodic referencing.

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Rating: - Great book for those who want to install and operate Xen
I really enjoyed reading Professional Xen Virtualization (PZV). The book answered exactly the right questions for me, a person who had no Xen experience but wanted to give the product a try. If you are looking for a book on Xen internals, you should read The Definitive Guide to the Xen Hypervisor by David Chisnall. If you are less concerned about source-code-level details but still want to learn a lot about Xen, you will definitely enjoy PZV.

William von Hagen is an excellent writer. ... Read More

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Rating: - MUST HAVE for anyone considering or planning to use Xen
What I liked about the book was the heart of the content. As a new user to Xen, I had numerous questions related to configuration, what type of filesystem to use, and (very importantly) how networking functions. The author gives good examples, clear definitions of configuration file options and easy to understand overviews of how the various parts of Xen and virtual servers function and interoperate. I give the book a complete review on my own review website at Thompson Reviews but wanted to post this ... Read More

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Rating: - Fluff, and low quality
I was the first person to post a review for this book, and it appeared on amazon but then it disappeared a week or so later and a 5 star review showed up... makes me wonder... At any rate this "re-review" will not be as complete as my first review.

This book is pretty low quality. The author is overly verbose for many things that are not really directly relevant. Case in point, the first 3 chapters are spent talking about virtualization in general, and then the alternative options to Xen. ... Read More