I think we're on the same page here. Virtualbox is not designed for server I/O. It's fine for desktop VMs, but doesn't do well for running servers as guests. Both Xen and KVM run inside a Linux host like Virtualbox, but do better with servers as guests. Check out the demo for this KVM frontend:
https://www.webvirtmgr.net/ Anand. On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Andrew Robinson <and...@boohahaonline.com>wrote: > ** > > Sorry I guess I should have been a bit more clear, I just forget the > proper terms at the moment :) ESXI would be the host running the various > different VM's, or I would be running another os (say scientific Linux) > with virtual box on top of it, running the VM's. I'm trying to get a sense > of the preferred way of doing things. > > -----Original message----- > *From:* Anand Singh <an...@linizen.com> > *Sent:* Tuesday 17th September 2013 14:36 > *To:* CLUG General <clug-talk@clug.ca> > *Subject:* Re: [clug-talk] Virtualized Server Question > > Hi Andrew, > > If you're looking for an open source alternative to ESXi, it's not > Virtualbox. Even running headless, it's not in the same league for server > performance (nor was it designed to be). Look at KVM or Xen instead. I've > got about a dozen of those Supermicro servers running at various sites. > Despite my ambitions to go open source, they're all running ESXi. > > Anand. > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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