On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 03:58:57PM +0100, Markus Hochholdinger wrote: > Hello, > > > There's a lot of people using Xen and Debian, how is the best solution > > for a stable (production) kernel? (Xen+Lenny) ? Use the 2.6.32-10-xen > > sid kernel in production servers?!? > > i use plain lenny for my dom0s and with 4) you're very near to what i use: > > 4b) 64-Bit for domUs is possible with 32-Bit dom0 AND 64-Bit hypervisor! > Xen: xen-hypervisor-3.2-1-amd64_3.2.1-2_amd64.deb > Dom0: linux-image-2.6.26-2-xen-686 (complete 32-bit userland!) > DomU: 2.6.18-686 (*) > DomU: 2.6.18-amd64 (*) > also possible: > DomU: linux-image-2.6.26-2-xen-686 (not stable enough for me) > DomU: linux-image-2.6.26-2-xen-amd64 (not stable enough for me) > DomU: linux-image-2.6.32-4-686 (from testing) > DomU: linux-image-2.6.32-4-amd64 (from testing) > .. > > (*) > ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.18-164.15.1.el5.src.rpm > > I do NOT install xen-hypervisor-3.2-1-amd64_3.2.1-2_amd64.deb but i > do "dpkg -x" and put xen-3.2-1-amd64.gz in /boot/ on my dom0s. > > I'm running 22 dom0s with this setup, and since linux-image-2.6-xen-686 > (2.6.26-20, october 2009) my dom0s are quite stable, like good old 2.6.18 > which i used before 2.6.26 lenny dom0 got stable enough for me. > On this 22 dom0s there are running 122 domUs and a few domUs with different > kernels: Ubuntu hardy xen kernel (64-bit), SLES10 xen kernel (64-bit), RHEL5 > xen kernel (64-bit). But mostly i use 2.6.18 32-bit for my domUs. > I'm very picky about stability and i have the possibilty to test dom0 and > domU > kernels on a dev environment with a big load before i use them on production > servers. > Also my needs are stable live migration, so i can shutdown every single dom0 > for maintenance without interrupting the domUs. Furthermore i need online > detach and (re-)attach of block devices so i can grow the filesystem of my > domUs while they are running. >
Btw what kind of shared storage are you using? -- Pasi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100325124951.gc1...@reaktio.net
