[CentOS] KVM vs ESXi

Thu May 19 11:53:38 UTC 2011
Alain Péan <alain.pean at lpp.polytechnique.fr>

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

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