Sounds like what Solaris has been doing for a couple years now as Solaris Containers/Zones. :)
On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 9:35 AM, Steven S. Critchfield <[email protected]> wrote: > > ----- "Andrew Farnsworth" <[email protected]> wrote: >> I am presuming that using vserver you don't have the ability to >> migrate a >> running machine / instance to different hardware? > > As in the vmware vmotion? No, you can't migrate them to other harware > with the vserver tools. The trouble is that vserver works by > segregating the host kernel into security contexts and then running the > "guest" applications within this security context. > > I'm not aware of any way to migrate processes from one linux box to > another. So they are held hostage to the host more or less. Of course > the "boot" times are on the order of 10 seconds max. So if you wanted > to build a network storage system to host the guest OS, and you shut > down one guest you could crank it up on the other side with only > 10-15 seconds downtime. > > So not as slick and polished as vmware, but for those on a bit more > of a budget, I think we could avoid the cost of the polish for the > increased productive utilization of our current hardware. > > Oh, and with the reduced amount of "virtual" hardware, our backup > server is now able store at almost double the speed it had been under > vmware. Since the storage is out gigabit network, same switch, to the > same SATA drives running via AoE, the only thing that changed was > getting vmware out of the link. Went from 12-15meg/sec storage to > 28meg/sec. > -- > Steven Critchfield [email protected] > > > > -- " ' With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom and warning... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on we’re all damaged." - Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie - Alex Smith (K4RNT) - Nashville, Tennessee USA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
