[CentOS] CentOS 5.0: Xen vs OpenVZ

[Daniel de Kok]

On Thu, 2007-05-10 at 11:23 +0200, Lorenzo wrote:
> Also is very easy to migrate one virtual machine to a server to another 
> for maintenance/reboots.

(Live) migration is also possible with Xen.

> What I don't like of Xen is the slow restart and the disk management 
> (either dedicated partition or image file) which can lead to slower 
> backup and harder migration; instead I'm attracted by the standard and 
> fully supported kernel.
> 
> Does anyone have experience on Xen and have advice on which could be the 
> best compromise between the two solutions? Of course with Xen I have to 
> start all over on learning but... hey I'm a Linux fan, I like to learn!

An additional advantage of Xen is that it works with SELinux without
much hassle.

-- Daniel