>> > > Which is why I originally wrote... > > "*Some* are interpreting this... as an indication that xen will be > dropped from RHEL6 as they direct their efforts towards KVM." > > *If* xen is not included in RHEL6 then it will, by definition, be > deprecated in favour of KVM irrespective of whether (or not) RH > continues to support it throughout the life of RHEL5. Note that xen > was dropped (not deprecated, dropped) in Fedora 10, read into that > what you will :) > > So xen isn't technically deprecated yet, but if I were a betting man, > I wouldn't be putting all my eggs in a virtualized xen basket. > > Some might choose to call that FUD, and that's their prerogative. In a > way they're right as Red Hat's statement on xen does contain elements > of uncertainty and doubt as they have not committed to continued > ongoing support of xen past the current RHEL5 product lifecycle, and > that may make some fearful for it's long term future within the Red > Hat landscape. Xen wont be in RHEL6 - KVM will libvirt handles both so fundamentally it makes no difference as to what the virtualization technology is as the way its managed will not change