On Tuesday, 23 August 2016 17:13:13 UTC+1, johny...@sigaint.org wrote: > > How does Qubes perform as the host OS in a virtualised server environment? > > > > I'm thinking of a configuration where the host OS is Qubes with VM's > > running for things like a virtualised email server, IDS server, perhaps a > > Tor relay etc. I've used Qubes as a desktop host, I'm just curious about > > whether it's a practical host for virtualised serviers? > > I would think it would perform wonderfully as a virtualized server. Most > commercial places that rent you virtual servers use Xen, and Qubes is > based upon Xen, so . . . > > And the separation of server to prevent cross-contamination is a great > feature. > > I used a Xen-based virtual server at Rackspace for years, and it performed > wonderfully. > > Now, if you have a server that's going to be handling a high level of > traffic, you're going to want some correspondingly powerful hardware and > memory behind it. > > But the success of running servers under Xen is a proven thing. > > JJ
Thanks, that's what I had hoped. Traffic levels will be low since this is a small office environment and so just a few virtual servers handling small amounts of traffic. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/bc92e088-f1ae-40c5-8936-71299b02d726%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.