[CentOS] CentOS 5.0: Xen vs OpenVZ

[Lorenzo]

Roberto Pereyra ha scritto:
> 2007/5/10, Daniel de Kok <danieldk at pobox.com>:
>> 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
> 
> 
> Hi
> 
> Here:
> 
> http://forum.lxlabs.com/index.php?t=msg&th=374&start=0&
> 
> discuss on this subject.
> 
> Roberto
> 

I was "underestimating" both issues (SELinux and RAM management).
As of now I would take some more time to evaluate and learn Xen and do 
the big jump later on.

Thank you very much

Lorenzo