Xen users - Jun 2008 - xen 3.2.1 + intel quad core + 8gigs of ram + linux

Hi!

Anyone have a suggestion which version of Linux would be the best host? 
We typically use Ubuntu but we are flexible since we want the best 
performance and the least amount of headaches getting it installed and 
working.

Thanks,

Jimmy


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>Anyone have a suggestion which version of Linux would be the best host? We
typically use Ubuntu but we are flexible since we want the best performance and
the least amount >of headaches getting it installed and working.
This question comes up frequently, you should use what ever you have the most
experience with.
Personally, I run CentOS, and given the subject, my setup is the same as yours.
I have an Asus p5k-vm
which as I understand was used in a recent successful vt-d enabled system to
pass a pci device through to an hvm.
It''s a super cheap solid performer.

jlc


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Joseph,

Thanks for your reply. Which version of CentOS?

Unfortunately I have just not had much luck with using the Ubuntu + zen 
on this hardware. Generally Ubuntu works great but not everything works 
great everywhere.
 
Jimmy





Joseph L. Casale wrote:
>
> >Anyone have a suggestion which version of Linux would be the best 
> host? We typically use Ubuntu but we are flexible since we want the 
> best performance and the least amount >of headaches getting it 
> installed and working.
>
> This question comes up frequently, you should use what ever you have 
> the most experience with.
> Personally, I run CentOS, and given the subject, my setup is the same 
> as yours. I have an Asus p5k-vm
>
> which as I understand was used in a recent successful vt-d enabled 
> system to pass a pci device through to an hvm.
>
> It''s a super cheap solid performer.
>
>  
>
> jlc
>
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I like SLES10 (SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10) because they''ve done
some good things with VM management (though they don''t always have the
latest versions of all of the apps).  Personal preference, though - the
"best host" version of Linux is very, very subjective.
 
-Nick
>>> On 2008/06/02 at 17:14, Jimmy Brake <jimmy@dwalliance.com>
wrote:
Hi!

Anyone have a suggestion which version of Linux would be the best host? We
typically use Ubuntu but we are flexible since we want the best performance and
the least amount of headaches getting it installed and working.

Thanks,

Jimmy



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Nick,

After I sent out this email I had second thoughts. Basically what I 
would like to know is if I can install a fresh OS then install xen from 
pre-compiled packages that will work on my hardware.  I don''t mind 
compiling and configuring but its my second option.

Jimmy

Nick Couchman wrote:
> I like SLES10 (SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10) because they''ve
done
> some good things with VM management (though they don''t always have
the
> latest versions of all of the apps).  Personal preference, though - 
> the "best host" version of Linux is very, very subjective.
>  
> -Nick
>
> >>> On 2008/06/02 at 17:14, Jimmy Brake
<jimmy@dwalliance.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Anyone have a suggestion which version of Linux would be the best 
> host? We typically use Ubuntu but we are flexible since we want the 
> best performance and the least amount of headaches getting it 
> installed and working.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jimmy
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I use RHEL5.2. Recently upgraded (very painlessly) from RHEL5.1 to RHEL5.2

Intel Starlake PSL5000, 2x quad-core, 16gigs FBDIMM, 250G SATA

Works great.

Obvioulsy, CentOS 5.2 is the free version...

--tmac

On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 10:11 PM, Jimmy Brake <jimmy@dwalliance.com>
wrote:
> Nick,
>
> After I sent out this email I had second thoughts. Basically what I would
> like to know is if I can install a fresh OS then install xen from
> pre-compiled packages that will work on my hardware.  I don''t mind
compiling
> and configuring but its my second option.
>
> Jimmy
>
> Nick Couchman wrote:
>
> I like SLES10 (SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10) because they''ve
done some
> good things with VM management (though they don''t always have the
latest
> versions of all of the apps).  Personal preference, though - the "best
host"
> version of Linux is very, very subjective.
>
> -Nick
>
>>>> On 2008/06/02 at 17:14, Jimmy Brake
<jimmy@dwalliance.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Anyone have a suggestion which version of Linux would be the best host? We
> typically use Ubuntu but we are flexible since we want the best performance
> and the least amount of headaches getting it installed and working.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jimmy
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Jimmy Brake wrote:
> Nick,
>
> After I sent out this email I had second thoughts. Basically what I 
> would like to know is if I can install a fresh OS then install xen 
> from pre-compiled packages that will work on my hardware.  
Yes.
I''m using 2xIntel X5355, 10G mem, RHEL5.2 x86_64. Centos5.2 should work
as well.
You can install xen either by :
- selecting virtualization package group during installation, or
- "yum groupinstall Virtualization", if you want to install it later.

With this approach you''ll get Redhat''s version of Xen 3.1.2,
which
should work great if you''re using linux PV guests. It has the added 
benefit of redhat-supported and greatly simplifies OS update process.
> I don''t mind compiling and configuring but its my second option.
If you want to use xen 3.2.1 with RHEL5, you can use xen.org''s RPM (or 
recompile their SRPM, if you use x86_64). This way you can get latest 
version of xen as well as support for additional PV guests (opensolaris 
comes to mind). Note that using this approach means you need to edit 
grub.conf manually during xen installation and kernel upgrades.

Regards,

Fajar


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Jimmy,

I''ve got a box at home for testing.  Gigabyte M/B with 8GB RAM.  CentOS
5.1
x86_64
If you''ve got > 4GB RAM I understand you have to use a 64bit distro.

I''ve got not problems running it.  Been going a couple of months.

After install just type:
 yum install kernel-xen

Cheers
Chris


On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 12:11 PM, Jimmy Brake <jimmy@dwalliance.com> wrote:
>  Nick,
>
> After I sent out this email I had second thoughts. Basically what I would
> like to know is if I can install a fresh OS then install xen from
> pre-compiled packages that will work on my hardware.  I don''t mind
compiling
> and configuring but its my second option.
>
> Jimmy
>
> Nick Couchman wrote:
>
> I like SLES10 (SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10) because they''ve
done some
> good things with VM management (though they don''t always have the
latest
> versions of all of the apps).  Personal preference, though - the "best
host"
> version of Linux is very, very subjective.
>
> -Nick
>
> >>> On 2008/06/02 at 17:14, Jimmy Brake
<jimmy@dwalliance.com><jimmy@dwalliance.com>wrote:
>  Hi!
>
> Anyone have a suggestion which version of Linux would be the best host? We
> typically use Ubuntu but we are flexible since we want the best performance
> and the least amount of headaches getting it installed and working.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jimmy
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Jimmy,
SLES10, CentOS 5.1, and RHEL5U1 all come with Xen as pre-compiled packages.  You
should be able to do a fresh install with any of these and install the
Hypervisor tools, as well.
 
-Nick
>>> On 2008/06/02 at 20:11, Jimmy Brake <jimmy@dwalliance.com>
wrote:
Nick,

After I sent out this email I had second thoughts. Basically what I would like
to know is if I can install a fresh OS then install xen from pre-compiled
packages that will work on my hardware.  I don''t mind compiling and
configuring but its my second option.

Jimmy 

Nick Couchman wrote: 

I like SLES10 (SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10) because they''ve done
some good things with VM management (though they don''t always have the
latest versions of all of the apps).  Personal preference, though - the
"best host" version of Linux is very, very subjective.
 
-Nick
>>> On 2008/06/02 at 17:14, Jimmy Brake <jimmy@dwalliance.com> (
mailto:jimmy@dwalliance.com ) wrote:
Hi!

Anyone have a suggestion which version of Linux would be the best host? We
typically use Ubuntu but we are flexible since we want the best performance and
the least amount of headaches getting it installed and working.

Thanks,

Jimmy

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