Now that Amazon have a 64bit option has anyone tried this yet ?? What would be the approach .. I''m happy to spend some time looking at it ... I have the OpenSolaris builds, EC2/S3 Accounts all set up etc.. Is it a case of building an AMI on a 2.6.x linux box with Xen running OpenSolaris etc.. or what is the best approach ? Any help appreciated.. -A- This message posted from opensolaris.org
Alan O''Leary wrote:> Now that Amazon have a 64bit option has anyone tried this yet ?? > > What would be the approach .. I''m happy to spend some time looking at it ... > > I have the OpenSolaris builds, EC2/S3 Accounts all set up etc.. > > Is it a case of building an AMI on a 2.6.x linux box with Xen running OpenSolaris etc.. or what is the best approach ? > > Any help appreciated.. > > -A- > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > xen-discuss mailing list > xen-discuss@opensolaris.org >They only offer Linux as a host, no? Obviously your only choice for decent speed is Xen with OpenSolaris, but they need processor VT and bare metal to do that, including Xen installed. I don''t believe OpenSolaris works as a guest by default though. James
James Cornell wrote:> Alan O''Leary wrote: > >> Now that Amazon have a 64bit option has anyone tried this yet ?? >> >> What would be the approach .. I''m happy to spend some time looking at it ... >> >> I have the OpenSolaris builds, EC2/S3 Accounts all set up etc.. >> >> Is it a case of building an AMI on a 2.6.x linux box with Xen running OpenSolaris etc.. or what is the best approach ? >> >> Any help appreciated.. >> >> -A- >> >> >> This message posted from opensolaris.org >> _______________________________________________ >> xen-discuss mailing list >> xen-discuss@opensolaris.org >> >> > They only offer Linux as a host, no? Obviously your only choice for > decent speed is Xen with OpenSolaris, but they need processor VT and > bare metal to do that, including Xen installed. I don''t believe > OpenSolaris works as a guest by default though. > >Opensolaris has been paravirtualised as of build 75, so they could offer a guest of an OpenSolaris domU. For a Solaris 10 guest that would have to be fully virtualised Chris
Christopher Beal wrote:> James Cornell wrote: >> Alan O''Leary wrote: >> >>> Now that Amazon have a 64bit option has anyone tried this yet ?? >>> >>> What would be the approach .. I''m happy to spend some time looking >>> at it ... >>> >>> I have the OpenSolaris builds, EC2/S3 Accounts all set up etc.. >>> >>> Is it a case of building an AMI on a 2.6.x linux box with Xen >>> running OpenSolaris etc.. or what is the best approach ? >>> >>> Any help appreciated.. >>> >>> -A- >>> >>> >>> This message posted from opensolaris.org >>> _______________________________________________ >>> xen-discuss mailing list >>> xen-discuss@opensolaris.org >>> >> They only offer Linux as a host, no? Obviously your only choice for >> decent speed is Xen with OpenSolaris, but they need processor VT and >> bare metal to do that, including Xen installed. I don''t believe >> OpenSolaris works as a guest by default though. >> >> > Opensolaris has been paravirtualised as of build 75, so they could > offer a guest of an OpenSolaris domU. For a Solaris 10 guest that > would have to be fully virtualised > > ChrisAh, alright, haven''t played with 75+ yet, only with 74 and a bit of jerry rigging. Anyways, parallelized is MUCH faster, not that fully virtualized is too bad though, well except for Windows under DomU, fast enough for some tasks, but isn''t good enough to even replace VMware or native installs. Future looks bright for xVM, it only took 5 builds to get it fully functioning and included. James