There are rumors that 2k8 will support Paravirtualization, but I have yet to see anything to confirm that and haven''t found it in my testing of 2k8. -Nick>>> On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 9:15 AM, Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo@wpkg.org> wrote:Venefax schrieb:> Is there a "xenified" version of Windows 2008 Server? If not, are there any > special drivers to make it run fast? I intend to use either Suse or Red Hat > 5.1, 64 Bits. But I run SQL Server and I am afraid of the performance hit.Search for "GPL PV drivers" on this and xen-devel lists. -- Tomasz Chmielewski http://wpkg.org This e-mail may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient. If this email is not intended for you, or you are not responsible for the delivery of this message to the intended recipient, please note that this message may contain SEAKR Engineering (SEAKR) Privileged/Proprietary Information. In such a case, you are strictly prohibited from downloading, photocopying, distributing or otherwise using this message, its contents or attachments in any way. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this e-mail and delete the message from your mailbox. Information contained in this message that does not relate to the business of SEAKR is neither endorsed by nor attributable to SEAKR. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
> There are rumors that 2k8 will support Paravirtualization, but I have yet > to see anything to confirm that and haven''t found it in my testing of 2k8.Novell submitted an initial patch to support hypercalls that can be used by Enlightened Windows 2008 Server: http://markmail.org/message/x2qmcrmdiujtzncr There''s been at least one subsequent revision of these patches. I''m not sure that they''ve got PV device drivers working yet. The patches add an adaptor to the Xen hypervisor to enable it to handle MS hypercalls where appropriate, in parallel to the existing Xen interface. I''ve not seen any performance measurements from these patches yet and it seems likely that some of the hypercalls from the original patch will be dropped due to not providing significant / measurable benefits. I''m not clear whether "Enlightened 2008 Server" is some kind of sub-version of "2008 Server" or whether Enlightenment support is included by default. Cheers, Mark> -Nick > > >>> On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 9:15 AM, Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo@wpkg.org> > >>> wrote: > > Venefax schrieb: > > Is there a "xenified" version of Windows 2008 Server? If not, are there > > any special drivers to make it run fast? I intend to use either Suse or > > Red Hat 5.1, 64 Bits. But I run SQL Server and I am afraid of the > > performance hit. > > Search for "GPL PV drivers" on this and xen-devel lists. > > > > -- > Tomasz Chmielewski > http://wpkg.org > > > > > > > This e-mail may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole > use of the intended recipient. If this email is not intended for you, or > you are not responsible for the delivery of this message to the intended > recipient, please note that this message may contain SEAKR Engineering > (SEAKR) Privileged/Proprietary Information. In such a case, you are > strictly prohibited from downloading, photocopying, distributing or > otherwise using this message, its contents or attachments in any way. If > you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by > replying to this e-mail and delete the message from your mailbox. > Information contained in this message that does not relate to the business > of SEAKR is neither endorsed by nor attributable to SEAKR. > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users-- Push Me Pull You - Distributed SCM tool (http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~maw48/pmpu/) _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
>I''m not clear whether "Enlightened 2008 Server" is some kind of sub-version >of "2008 Server" or whether Enlightenment support is included by default.A trustworthy source told me all sku''s of Windows 2008 Server and Vista are enlightened by default. jlc _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Can you please send me detailed steps on how you installed xen 3.2.0 on Centos 5.1 64 Bits? I tried and failed. I am getting a box with 16 cores and 128 GB, so I feel it is necessary to use Xen 3.2.0. And I will install also Windows 2008. The question is: Is SQL 2005 server going to work or the performance hit is unacceptable? Philip -----Original Message----- From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Joseph L. Casale Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 6:01 PM To: Mark Williamson; xen-users@lists.xensource.com Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Windows 2008>I''m not clear whether "Enlightened 2008 Server" is some kind of sub-version >of "2008 Server" or whether Enlightenment support is included by default.A trustworthy source told me all sku''s of Windows 2008 Server and Vista are enlightened by default. jlc _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
>Can you please send me detailed steps on how you installed xen 3.2.0 on >Centos 5.1 64 Bits? I tried and failed. I am getting a box with 16 cores and >128 GB, so I feel it is necessary to use Xen 3.2.0. And I will install also >Windows 2008. The question is: Is SQL 2005 server going to work or the >performance hit is unacceptable? >PhilipSure, I downloaded the srpm''s from the xen site, created a non root user and built the rpm''s. I then simply let yum install them (temporarily disabled gpgcheck) but running yum from the same dir the rpm''s were in and it pulled in the needed deps. As far as SQL 2005 working, I am sure it will, but I cant account for the performance until stable pv drivers are available. jlc _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users