On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 09:39:38AM +1200, Mike Tierney wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:vserver- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Nuzum > > Sent: Friday, 24 June 2005 5:36 a.m. > > To: vserver@list.linux-vserver.org > > Subject: RE: [Vserver] solaris containers/zones > > > > > > I just thought you might like a glimpse of one other way someone is > > doing > > > this > > > > sort of thing. > > > > > > hmm, you sure you know what linux-vserver 2.6/vs2.0 can do? > > > I guess I don't... I'm running out of hardware to experiment with, so I > > haven't been playing with the new stuff too much. > > VMware Workstation (virtual machine software) will let you have as many > different distributions of Linux (or *BSD or Solaris 10) running as you have > disk space for. It has both Windows and Linux versions. It costs money to > buy the software but you can download an Evaluation Copy. It also lets you > clone your virtual machines as well, or even "snapshot" them while they are > running. Great tool for messing about with stuff and/or cross-platform > development. > > > You know, if a distro wanted to get some media attention, they could put > > some effort behind the vserver project and roll it into their distro as an > > optional module with a nice config tool. > > As much as I like Vservers (we use them on 2 of our Production servers!!) it > looks like the Xen project (open source virtual machine software) IS getting > LOTS of media coverage and attention/resources from vendors (Novell, IBM, > Sun, HP, Redhat, etc). Apparently the current version (v2) isn't that great > but the next version (due out in August) sounds like a huge leap forward. > Even though its virtual machines rather than virtual servers, they claim way > less overhead than other Virtual Machine software (like the VMware server > products). > > Check out http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/15/xen_goes_three
also check out: http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/free_issues/issue_05/focus-linux_vserver/ > Then do a few googles and you find lots of other interesting stuff, like IBM > sinking research people into making a security enchanced version (XenSE), > etc. > > > Of course, I don't know if vserver can be built as an optional module, > > I've only built it into a vanilla kernel, but still... they could raise a > lot > > of hype and woo some enterprise (aka paying customer) market share, I > think. > > Xen RPM's are available for some distro's now and the two big Enterprise > players (Redhat and SuSE) are incorporating it into their next major > release. It's also going into the mainstream 2.6 kernel "soon". > > Anyway, I like Vservers. I use Vservers. However owing to the "luck of the > draw" it looks like Xen is getting lots and LOTS of attention. > > Having said that, I'd not run a Production server on it yet! So I'll be > sticking with Vservers for another 10 months at least. > > Then again, if the Solaris people got their Linux emulation stuff (Janus?) > working properly, you could also run your Linux servers inside Solaris > Containers! which means you get less features for a higher price, so what's the point there? the solaris compatibility? best, Herbert > _______________________________________________ > Vserver mailing list > Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org > http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver _______________________________________________ Vserver mailing list Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver