[CentOS] CentOS 5.0: Xen vs OpenVZ
Daniel de Kok
danieldk at pobox.com
Thu May 10 09:48:17 UTC 2007
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
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