Re: [CentOS] KVM vs ESXi

2011-05-19 Thread Alain Péan
Le 19/05/2011 13:27, Lars Hecking a écrit : >> KVM is meant to be much closer to bare metal performance but doesn't >> have (at the moment) the all inclusive, easily managed from one >> console, turnkey solution to massive virtual installs at the >> datacentre level. If you need to be able to remot

Re: [CentOS] KVM vs ESXi

2011-05-19 Thread Lars Hecking
> KVM is meant to be much closer to bare metal performance but doesn't > have (at the moment) the all inclusive, easily managed from one > console, turnkey solution to massive virtual installs at the > datacentre level. If you need to be able to remotely provision VMs and > move them whilst live f

Re: [CentOS] KVM vs ESXi

2011-05-19 Thread Michael Simpson
On 19 May 2011 05:39, Lucian wrote: > No and I don't think it's the hypervisor's job to do that. Even in > ESXi I don't think it's the "hypervisor" itself that does that. You > could try however to mess with Openvswitch if you insist on such > features, at least until someone decides to package a

Re: [CentOS] KVM vs ESXi

2011-05-18 Thread Fajar Priyanto
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 8:58 PM, Drew wrote: > My question to everyone are these: > -Does KVM have a concept of virtual switches and and are they tied to > physical NICs? ESXi allows me to create a vSwitch that isn't tied to a > physical NIC so I can create a DMZ that exists solely within the hos

Re: [CentOS] KVM vs ESXi

2011-05-18 Thread Lucian
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Drew wrote: > > My question to everyone are these: > > -How well does KVM support Windows Guests? I'm already running a > Server 2008r2 and WHS 2011 (based on 08r2) machines at home which I > want to consolidate into this box. They run well enough for me. Don't hav

Re: [CentOS] KVM vs ESXi

2011-05-18 Thread Markus Falb
On 18.5.2011 14:58, Drew wrote: > -Does KVM have a concept of virtual switches and and are they tied to > physical NICs? ESXi allows me to create a vSwitch that isn't tied to a > physical NIC so I can create a DMZ that exists solely within the host > system. I'd like to replicate that if possible.

[CentOS] KVM vs ESXi

2011-05-18 Thread Drew
Morning Everyone, I'm busy doing a rebuild of my home server and am tossing between VMware and KVM for this build. I already have experience with ESX, we use it at work, but I'm debating trying out KVM for a while. The server itself is a budget build using a Supermicro X8SAX board w/ i7-950 & 12GB