[CentOS] XEN or KVM - performance/stability/security?

Mon Apr 23 17:02:03 UTC 2012
Steve Thompson <smt at vgersoft.com>

On Mon, 23 Apr 2012, Peter Peltonen wrote:

> I've been quite happy with Xen under CentOS5. For CentOS6 the
> situation is a bit more problematic, as RH switched to KVM and left
> Xen behind.

I used Xen for about four or five years before switching to KVM. I like 
KVM better in every way, and for my fork-heavy workloads, the performance 
is a lot better than Xen. It is also much easier to use and is in my 
experience more stable.

Steve