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

[Donny Brooks <dbrooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am not worried about the xen version really. I have 4.0 on centos 
currently from the third party repo. I mainly need whatever supports the 
best live/auto migration. Basically if I have a server fail I need 
whatever was running on it to switch to the backup server "automagically".
Food for thought: What would be the difference in the above support 
between Ubuntu/Debian and Fedora 14?
On 1/12/2011 10:27 AM, Juergen Gotteswinter wrote:
> 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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