Le 19/05/2011 13:27, Lars Hecking a écrit : >> KVM is meant to be much closer to bare metal performance but doesn't >> have (at the moment) the all inclusive, easily managed from one >> console, turnkey solution to massive virtual installs at the >> datacentre level. If you need to be able to remotely provision VMs and >> move them whilst live from one centre to another whilst upscaling them >> then you will probably need to go with vmware. If you have got the > Mike, > > Are you familiar with any of the tools listed here > > http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Management_Tools > > e.g. Proxmox, ConVirt, OpenNebula, Ganeti, openQRM? Comments? > Hi Lars, I am using Proxmox. It is based on Debian. It is a bare metal installer, like ESX. You manage your VMs from a web interface. You can live migrate your VMs from one node to another if you use a central storage or DRDB. The bare metal installer takes care of all the initial configuration (bridge, LVM for snapshot...). I wait to see what will do RHEVM, but at this time, I am not aware of such a convenient solution under RHEL/CentOS... Alain -- ========================================================== Alain Péan - LPP/CNRS Administrateur Système/Réseau Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas - UMR 7648 Observatoire de Saint-Maur 4, av de Neptune, Bat. A 94100 Saint-Maur des Fossés Tel : 01-45-11-42-39 - Fax : 01-48-89-44-33 ==========================================================