On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 08:55:33AM +0200, Ciprian Dorin, Craciun wrote: > On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 8:43 AM, Bret S. Lambert <bret.lamb...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > How did "lazy internet denizen gets told he's lazy" turn into > > anything worth spending this much time on? > > I would like to personally apologize for criticizing you, Bret, of > "lmgtfy" the other guy (which I didn't knew he also posted another > question about OpenBSD and dom0, and he was also responded). > > But I wouldn't say that the discussion has turned into something > "not-worth" discussing. I myself have learned a lot about the position > of the OpenBSD developers regarding the possibility of ever using > OpenBSD ontop of virtualization (not emulation) platforms (like Xen). > (I had my hopes, but not any more... :) )
Virtualization is a toy sold as an enterprise solution. The argument goes like this: you need a domain controller and sequel server so you need 2 machines. So instead of paying for 2 machines you virtualize them!!!!! OMGZOMG!!!!11111ONe What Mr. dingle berry insultant forgets to point out is that both tasks will run like ass in a virtualized environment AND can be easily combined on the same box. Usually lost in the same conversation is that you need both machines to be up at the same time too to be useful. I have seen people virtualize a file server and domain controller on a single machine. Which is awesome because now you get free >30% loss of IO performance. You know it keeps bandwidth use lower and latency higher. Exactly what lusers like. Virtualization is great to develop kernel code and get an idea if it'd work before moving on to real hardware (and fixing real bugs on real hardware because virtualization failed to run right). I like to play with old OS' as well so its neat for that but usually doesn't work. This really is in the toy section though. > Thanks again for all the time and effort spent, > Ciprian. > > P.S.: Maybe an entry in the FAQ about this topic will cut down all > these questions about virtualization? What's next? Pokemon on OpenBSD FAQ entry?
