On July 20, 2017 11:39:58 AM GMT+02:00, "Till Wegmüller" <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi Gabriele > >Considering that smartos and per default uses KVM for hardware >virtualized zones I would suggest using that. Although you will be >limited to Intel Processors. > >For KVM there is the Admin Tool kvmadm[1]. Which can run it inside >Zones >etc. For Virtualbox you can use a phpGui to manage the VM's > >--- >Greetings >Till > >[1] http://www.kvmadm.org/ > >On 20.07.2017 10:57, Gabriele Bulfon wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have to replicate some linux server on an XStreamOS based system, >not >> only for backup purposes, but for emergency reason be able to startup >> the linux replica in case of need. >> I'm thinking to create VMs installed with the same base system, and >> replicate legacy data on them daily, so to have them available in >case >> the native ones need maintenance. >> >> I cannot use lx zones, but I had some good experience both with kvm >and >> virtualbox, but never on high load or long uptime. >> >> What would you consider to be a more stable virtualization platform >on >> illumos, as an emergency solution to be run for a short period of >time? >> >> Thanks for any idea. >> >> Gabriele >> >> >---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> *Sonicle S.r.l. *: http://www.sonicle.com <http://www.sonicle.com/> >> *Music: *http://www.gabrielebulfon.com ><http://www.gabrielebulfon.com/> >> *Quantum Mechanics : *http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/gabrielebulfon >> *illumos-discuss* | Archives >> ><https://illumos.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/discussions/T0ba13643ede9ea05-M9a52efa2e680e1175b625ee0> > >> | Powered by Topicbox <https://topicbox.com>
We used VBox for such cases since Solaris 10, long before KVM or xVM got added ;) There used to be issues with clock skew which upset e.g. MSAD controller replicas in VMs, but it is fixable with NTP and/or VBox VM options. I/O performance tends to suffer, otherwise pretty stable for us. VBox VMs as a process can run in zones, benefitting from more resource controls and access separation, admin delegation etc. if needed. Note also my vboxsmf project to run VMs as SMF instances. Jim -- Typos courtesy of K-9 Mail on my Android ------------------------------------------ illumos-discuss Archives: https://illumos.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/discussions/T0ba13643ede9ea05-M66fa8830c4f1d6a72b23d9f1 Powered by Topicbox: https://topicbox.com
