Xen? (was Re: [wellylug] Mailing List & Webserver)

Donald Gordon don at dis.org.nz
Sat Feb 18 15:15:41 NZDT 2006


On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 19:36:29 +1300, Cliff Pratt <enkidu at cliffp.com> wrote:
> 
> What do you think of Xen (well it must fit the bill or you wouldn't use 
> it, I guess). Have you tried other VM solutions, eg UML?

Xen is great.  UML is much more hassle, and its performance isn't that
hot.  The only caveats I'd mention with Xen is that you really don't
want your virtual block devices to be loopback devices -- use LVM or
something.

donald




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