[CentOS-virt] XEN and RH 6

Tue Nov 10 12:20:11 UTC 2009
carlopmart <carlopmart at gmail.com>

Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 11:27:57AM +0100, carlopmart wrote:
>> Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
>>
>>>> Still it isn't official, but Citrix XenServer will disappears soon ... It will be 
>>>> integrated under Microsoft Hyper-V ....
>>>>
>>> Uhm.. I don't believe this. Where did you read that? 
>>>
>>> Citrix XenServer was opensourced last week, or the hypervisor+tools
>>> part, the xencenter management interface remains closed source (but it
>>> can also manage hyper-v).
>>>
>>>> IMHO, it isn't a good option to maintain domO virt servers based on CentOS or RHEL 
>>>> now ... It is the time to migrate to another solutions ...
>>>>
>>> RHEL5, with Xen, will be fully supported by Redhat until 2014. They have
>>> clearly stated that many times.
>>>
>>> -- Pasi
>> Ok, I think I haven't explained well, sorry. Citrix Xenserver's hypervisor and tools 
>> was donated by Citrix last week, correct. But Citrix didn't release more versions of 
>> the product because it does not intend to develop it and apply new features. Citrix 
>> virtualization bussiness will be focused only on Management and Desktop 
>> virtualization using Hper-V as a first platform and second VMware.
>>
> 
> Where did you read this? You write it like it's a fact - I haven't seen
> that anywhere.. ??

This will be announced over next weeks ...

> 
>> And correct, RHEL5 Xen will be supported till 2014, but did you use a technology 
>> that upstream doesn't put the necessary resources to mantain and apply new features??
>>
>> RedHat virtaulziation efforts are focused at 99% on KVM solutions, for Xen only 
>> applies security updates and nothing else.
>>
> 
> That's not true. Upcoming RHEL 5.5 will have Xen-related bugfixes as usual.
> 
> -- Pasi
> 

Bugfixes and security updates only, but what about new features like XCI, RAS 
fetures, etc?? Do you really think they are going to be ported by RedHat on his 
xen?? I think not.


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