>The guests (domU) will be only paravirtualized Debian with custom kernel, >and maybe some OpenSolaris x86pv (I will use zones for Solaris/OpenSolaris >guests).
If you like libvirt so much, i.e. virt-install as core tool for PV DomU installation and pygrub to load PV DomU in post-installation phase, then how you intend to install paravirtualized Debian with custom kernel without debootstrap integrated into system. Any Ubuntu PV guest will be affected in same way. Ubuntu 8.10,9.04,9.10 Servers ISO images are completely useless for virt-install, rather then to create HVM DomUs and try to utilize image devices for PV guest load, what is not approved method for Debian PV guests install vs debootstrap. View for instance :- http://blog.adventuresinopensolaris.com/2008/07/xvm-pv-of-debian-distros.html --- On Fri, 10/9/09, Frédéric VANNIÈRE <[email protected]> wrote: From: Frédéric VANNIÈRE <[email protected]> Subject: [xen-discuss] Status of xVM in OpenSolaris for production (cloud) To: "Xen discuss" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, October 9, 2009, 4:01 AM Hello, I'm building a "Sun Cloud" based on Sun hardware and software for hosting. The storage will be, of course, a Sun Storage 7000 iSCSI (2xGbE MPxIO), the hosts servers will be Sun Fire X4170 with either : - Linux/Debian + XenSource + OpenVSwitch (citrix project) - or OpenSolaris + xVM + crossbow I prefer the xVM solution because it's integrated to OpenSolaris, uses libvirt and supports out of the box network virtualization. The guests (domU) will be only paravirtualized Debian with custom kernel, and maybe some OpenSolaris x86pv (I will use zones for Solaris/OpenSolaris guests). The features that are mandatory are : - PV guest support (local kernel, no pygrub) - Live migration - Virtualized network (bonding, spanning-tree, vlans, bw limiting, accounting) - API for remote management (libvirt is ok) - stability and performance (200+ managed guests on 5 hosts) My tests are done now with OpenSolaris 2010.02-snv_124 (Xen 3.3.2), it works well but I have not tested the network and performances. So, is xVM (snv_124) stable enough for production ? When will xvm-3.4 come to OpenSolaris ? Why is Sun using virtualbox for his cloud ? Regards, Frédéric. _______________________________________________ xen-discuss mailing list [email protected]
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