Hi, I have successfully installed Xen 3.1 from the CentOS 5.1 repos, and have got a new host system up and running. I had issues when creating my first guest due to running a SMP based system, and Dom-U had two CPUs assigned to it. Once I set that to one the host installed just fine and dandy. Now, my question is can I install another guest so that it shares the other CPU (along with my newly created guest) or would I have to get a couple of dual-core Opterons instead ? My current CPUs are Opteron 250s, so do not support AMD-V, and I have 6GB of memory in the server. Just want to know whether I need to spend lots of money on a new motherboard and CPUs, or get away with getting a couple of DC Opterons. TIA. ps. Xen is so much friendlier than VMWare from a resource perceptive :D Good work. Regards, -- --[ UxBoD ]-- // PGP Key: "curl -s http://www.splatnix.net/uxbod.asc | gpg --import" // Fingerprint: F57A 0CBD DD19 79E9 1FCC A612 CB36 D89D 2C5A 3A84 // Keyserver: www.keyserver.net Key-ID: 0x2C5A3A84 // Phone: +44 845 869 2749 SIP Phone: uxbod@sip.splatnix.net -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Potentially looking at getting a couple of Opteron 2218 which are dual-core and support AMD-V. Anybody using these? if so recommendation on a motherboard. I currently have a Tyan Thunder K8W so cannot use this mobo :( Regards, -- --[ UxBoD ]-- // PGP Key: "curl -s http://www.splatnix.net/uxbod.asc | gpg --import" // Fingerprint: F57A 0CBD DD19 79E9 1FCC A612 CB36 D89D 2C5A 3A84 // Keyserver: www.keyserver.net Key-ID: 0x2C5A3A84 // Phone: +44 845 869 2749 SIP Phone: uxbod@sip.splatnix.net ----- "--[ UxBoD ]--" <uxbod@splatnix.net> wrote:> Hi, > > I have successfully installed Xen 3.1 from the CentOS 5.1 repos, and > have got a new host system up and running. I had issues when creating > my first guest due to running a SMP based system, and Dom-U had two > CPUs assigned to it. Once I set that to one the host installed just > fine and dandy. > > Now, my question is can I install another guest so that it shares the > other CPU (along with my newly created guest) or would I have to get a > couple of dual-core Opterons instead ? > > My current CPUs are Opteron 250s, so do not support AMD-V, and I have > 6GB of memory in the server. > > Just want to know whether I need to spend lots of money on a new > motherboard and CPUs, or get away with getting a couple of DC > Opterons. > > TIA. > > ps. Xen is so much friendlier than VMWare from a resource perceptive > :D Good work. > > Regards,-- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
--[ UxBoD ]-- wrote:> Potentially looking at getting a couple of Opteron 2218 which are dual-core and support AMD-V. Anybody using these? if so recommendation on a motherboard. I currently have a Tyan Thunder K8W so cannot use this mobo :( > > Regards, > >Look at what the Dell PowerEdge 2970 uses: I''ve seen good reports of these with Xen. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users