samba - Nov 2020 - Your opinion: What's the best VM for Samba DC's

Hi all,

I know this isn't strictly Samba related, but I have a fileserver and want
to install some VM software on it so I can build a new Samba DC on there
and still keep the fileserver running.

In your experience, what's the best VM to install?
Are there any which wok better or worse with Samba? Does it make any
difference?

I'm running Ubuntu 20.04.1

Thanks!

Am 03.11.20 um 20:00 schrieb Peter Pollock via samba:
> Hi all,
> 
> I know this isn't strictly Samba related, but I have a fileserver and
want
> to install some VM software on it so I can build a new Samba DC on there
> and still keep the fileserver running.
> 
> In your experience, what's the best VM to install?
> Are there any which wok better or worse with Samba? Does it make any
> difference?
> 
> I'm running Ubuntu 20.04.1
> 
> Thanks!
> 
My Samba dc's all run in kvm. I setup them in a time before systemd.
It's more expensive in CPU and RAM like systemd-spawn.

For other VM i use systemd-spawn, there I have some network trouble but
the can depend on misconfiguration or special needs in my setup.
keep in mind that the systemd-spawn container use the kernel of the
"hypervisor" if that is a OK criterion

Am 03.11.20 um 20:00 schrieb Peter Pollock via samba:
> Hi all,
> 
> I know this isn't strictly Samba related, but I have a fileserver and
want
> to install some VM software on it so I can build a new Samba DC on there
> and still keep the fileserver running.
> 
> In your experience, what's the best VM to install?
> Are there any which wok better or worse with Samba? Does it make any
> difference?
if it would make any difference the virtualization would be broken to 
begin with

Xenserver 
https://xcp-ng.org/ 

Im using it for about 5years now. 
I started with the original Citrix XenServer at 4.x 
I did use DebianXen before that and after Citrix changed course with XenServer
6.5-7.
Xen server (XCP-NG free) emerged, im using since then and im very happy with it.

And what you can do now is.. 
- setup XenServer. 
- import the fileserver info XenServer as VM. 

My setup is like this. 

Xen1 - VM-DC1
Xen2 - VM-DC2
Xen3 - VM-DC3

And depending on load ( in above setup there are about 12-15 servers running ),
I move them around.
With these 3 servers im using, 2 XenServer can hold, if needed when you have
hardware maintenance,
all vms of the 3 XenServer. 
Keeps things flexible. 


Greetz, 

Louis

 
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> Peter Pollock via samba
> Verzonden: dinsdag 3 november 2020 20:01
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> Onderwerp: [Samba] Your opinion: What's the best VM for Samba DC's
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I know this isn't strictly Samba related, but I have a 
> fileserver and want
> to install some VM software on it so I can build a new Samba 
> DC on there
> and still keep the fileserver running.
> 
> In your experience, what's the best VM to install?
> Are there any which wok better or worse with Samba? Does it make any
> difference?
> 
> I'm running Ubuntu 20.04.1
> 
> Thanks!
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