Tom - I read the information about "Xen and the Art of Consolidation" some time ago and have always wanted to do a project like you describe but one question I have about the setup that is not answered in the article. What hostOS would be a good candidate or better yet what hostOS are you using for this setup. It seems to me that for such a setup you would want to use a bare minimum setup with just enough apps to get the job done. Any insight on this subject would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED''s GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father''s Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo
On 6/18/10 9:52 AM, Jim Dancer wrote:> I read the information about "Xen and the Art of Consolidation" some > time ago and have always wanted to do a project like you describe but > one question I have about the setup that is not answered in the article. > What hostOS would be a good candidate or better yet what hostOS are you > using for this setup. It seems to me that for such a setup you would > want to use a bare minimum setup with just enough apps to get the job > done. Any insight on this subject would be greatly appreciated.Jim, I no longer use Xen; I am currently running OpenVZ but am in the process of switching to Linux-vserver. IIRC, I was running SuSE when I wrote that article. -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ When I die, I want to go like my Grandfather who Shoreline, \ died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like Washington, USA \ all of the passengers in his car http://shorewall.net \________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED''s GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father''s Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo
On 06/18/2010 11:52 AM, Jim Dancer wrote:> Tom - > > I read the information about "Xen and the Art of Consolidation" some > time ago and have always wanted to do a project like you describe but > one question I have about the setup that is not answered in the article. > What hostOS would be a good candidate or better yet what hostOS are you > using for this setup. It seems to me that for such a setup you would > want to use a bare minimum setup with just enough apps to get the job > done. Any insight on this subject would be greatly appreciated. > > Sincerely > > Jim > >I am using debian lenny for all my xen hosts and guests. You can install it as lean as you want. Sam ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED''s GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father''s Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo