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

[Jamie Baddeley]

On Sun, 2006-02-19 at 17:17 +1300, Donald Gordon wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 21:45:01 +1300, Jethro carr <jethro.carr at jedolinux.com> wrote:
> > On Sat, 2006-02-18 at 19:51 +1300, Jamie Baddeley wrote:
> > > It'd be great to have wellyluggers present 'Xen howto' at a meeting.
> > 
> > sounds cool, I'm interested in this too.
> > 
> > anyone here experienced with Xen who wants to do a talk? 20mins is a
> > good length, but it can be more if you want.
> > 
> > If you want to do it, please enter it on the website, or email me. I
> > imagine that there is someone here who can do a talk on it. Ewen?
> > Donald? Somebody?
> 
> Depending on thesis deadlines (ouch), maybe?
> 
> Do people have particular sorts of things they want to know about Xen?
> General overview?  Why on earth you'd want to use it?  Comparison to
> other similar stuff?  How to install the thing?

a walkthrough on the debian install, with anything else you need to know
to maintain it.

Assume the why and compare questions are already answered.

> 
> I'd need an appealing title, too.  "Server consolidation for the
> datagarage", "How to share a cheap dedicated server for 40c a day" or
> similar :-)

"Xen and the art of computer maintenance" is one that springs to mind.

jamie