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Re: [Xen-users] Which distro to use for Dom0

To: Donny Brooks <dbrooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Which distro to use for Dom0
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Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 17:27:49 +0100
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I whould stay with Centos, or if you want/need a newer Xen try SuSE. Both got a pretty good Xen Integration

Am 12.01.11 16:42, schrieb Donny Brooks:
How about the live migration parts, are they well supported in Debian?
This is the biggest part I want to get working...live/auto migration.

On 1/12/2011 9:39 AM, Bruce Edge wrote:
Debian 6 (squeeze) beta 2 is good. Stable xen 4.01 available and no
fuss apt-get xen installation.
Caveat: I did just install this yesterday, but was pleased by the
progress so far. Much better Xen support than Ubuntu. I missed a few
Ubuntu apps, like kvpm, but the maverick versions compiled and ran
fine on debian 6 with no problems.

-Bruce

On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 7:20 AM, Donny Brooks
<dbrooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dbrooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:

When I first started using Xen I was on Ubuntu 8.04 with the
version of Xen that shipped with it. Now here at work I have had
to move to a Centos based Dom0 due to the dell OMSA requirement of
an rpm based os. I have found good sources on how to install OMSA
on just about any linux distribution so I am now in the market for
a new setup. Centos is fine but I was wondering if there was
something else out there that would be better for the dom0.

All of my servers are Dell's and have 2 or 4 nics which I have and
can bond together and pass a trunk through. We now have an iSCSI
SAN that I need thrown in the mix. Do I need to dedicate half the
nics for the iSCSI or just pass the vlan to the domu's? I am
unclear on this part.


Here is what we need for the distro/xen:

Live/automatic domu failover
Easy upgrade path between xen versions
Preferably web-based dom0 administration (not totally needed but
is nice for the others in my office)

What is the best distribution to accomplish this with the greatest
of ease/administration?

Thanks in advance

Donny B.



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