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

[Juergen Gotteswinter <jg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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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