Folks- I''m interested in setting up a xen system where the user can request a "vanilla" version of linux from a "library" of versions. The user will be able to do what they want with their system but subsequent users requesting the same version, will also get the vanilla version, not one that had the changes from the last user. So let me rephrase that in a non user way. I want to have a file server that serves domains to a xen system. What is the best way to get the domain image to the xen system? any input/ideas are appreciated. thanks matt ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel
m h wrote:> I''m interested in setting up a xen system where the user can request a > "vanilla" version of linux from a "library" of versions. The user > will be able to do what they want with their system but subsequent > users requesting the same version, will also get the vanilla version, > not one that had the changes from the last user.Maybe setup LVM with snapshots (at least I think that''s the name). One LV will be "vanilla" and other stoarge "partitions" will contain only changes. You could expect some stability problems - this technology is new in 2.6.9. -jkt -- cd /local/pub && more beer > /dev/mouth ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel
m h wrote:> Ideally the library of domains would be available to more than one > machine running xen. So I could use LVM on the "library" machine. > Anyone have suggestions on how to load the domain from the library > onto the xen machines? Rsync? (Does LVM have a way to do this? A > quick read through the howto did not reveal that to me.)Please, reply also to the list, not just to me :-). LVM can (afaik) operate over any block device, so the setup you want is to have some blockdev in pristine state and others serving as a storage for domains. Some cluster management suite could help you, but I''m not sure if there''s anything that supports block device sharing between computers... -jkt -- cd /local/pub && more beer > /dev/mouth ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel