Re: [CentOS] centos6 xen

2011-07-29 Thread Pasi Kärkkäinen
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 09:01:04AM +0200, Juergen Gotteswinter wrote: > hi, > > is there any chance to see a xen kernel + xen in centosplus probably? or > is any recommend 3rd party repo available yet which provides this? > This wiki page has some repo-links (and other related info): http://wik

Re: [CentOS] centos6 xen

2011-07-29 Thread Tom H
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 2:39 PM, John R. Dennison wrote: > On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 10:44:18AM -0400, Tom H wrote: >> >> That blaming CentOS for the switch to KVM and the deprecation of Xen >> doesn't make sense since it's simply re-rpm'ing RHEL. > > Ok, that makes sense and I fully agree :)  I bla

Re: [CentOS] centos6 xen

2011-07-28 Thread John R. Dennison
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 10:44:18AM -0400, Tom H wrote: > > That blaming CentOS for the switch to KVM and the deprecation of Xen > doesn't make sense since it's simply re-rpm'ing RHEL. Ok, that makes sense and I fully agree :) I blame the lack of bacon for not understanding that earlier. Thanks

Re: [CentOS] centos6 xen

2011-07-28 Thread Tom H
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 7:41 AM, John R. Dennison wrote: > On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 07:27:38AM -0400, Tom H wrote: >> >> 2. A so-called Enterprise Operating System like RHEL. > > And your gratuitous edit of this point serves what purpose exactly? That blaming CentOS for the switch to KVM and the d

Re: [CentOS] centos6 xen

2011-07-28 Thread Karanbir Singh
hi, On 07/28/2011 08:01 AM, Juergen Gotteswinter wrote: > is there any chance to see a xen kernel + xen in centosplus probably? or > is any recommend 3rd party repo available yet which provides this? having spoken to a couple of people who have shown interest in this issue over the last few mont

Re: [CentOS] centos6 xen

2011-07-28 Thread Alain Péan
Le 28/07/2011 13:27, Tom H a écrit : > On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 6:31 AM, Rudi Ahlers wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Peter Peltonen >> wrote: >>> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 11:56 AM, John R. Dennison >>> wrote: On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 10:53:23AM +0200, Juergen Gotteswinter wrote:

Re: [CentOS] centos6 xen

2011-07-28 Thread Scot P. Floess
I can definitely say why I need Xen... My reasons are partially selfish - I have some older hardware at home that does not support native hardware virtualization (two Dell Precision 470s and a Dell Poweredge SC 430)... By using Xen, the performance is great for me using VMs... Using qemu d

Re: [CentOS] centos6 xen

2011-07-28 Thread John R. Dennison
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 07:27:38AM -0400, Tom H wrote: > > 2. A so-called Enterprise Operating System like RHEL. And your gratuitous edit of this point serves what purpose exactly? John -- People learn something every day, and a lot of

Re: [CentOS] centos6 xen

2011-07-28 Thread Tom H
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 6:31 AM, Rudi Ahlers wrote: > On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Peter Peltonen > wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 11:56 AM, John R. Dennison wrote: >>> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 10:53:23AM +0200, Juergen Gotteswinter wrote: i think i am not the only one who wants

Re: [CentOS] centos6 xen

2011-07-28 Thread Dennis Jacobfeuerborn
On 07/28/2011 11:49 AM, Juergen Gotteswinter wrote: > Am 28.07.11 11:23, schrieb Peter Peltonen: >> Hi, >> >> A few more questions :) >> >> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 11:56 AM, John R. Dennison >> wrote: >>> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 10:53:23AM +0200, Juergen Gotteswinter wrote: i think i a

Re: [CentOS] centos6 xen

2011-07-28 Thread Rudi Ahlers
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Peter Peltonen wrote: > Hi, > > A few more questions :) > > On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 11:56 AM, John R. Dennison wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 10:53:23AM +0200, Juergen Gotteswinter wrote: >>> >>> i think i am not the only one who wants to stay with with xen :)

Re: [CentOS] centos6 xen

2011-07-28 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 07/28/2011 10:23 AM, Peter Peltonen wrote: > What are the reasons for people staying with Xen as dom0, just the > learning curve? Or are there some technical considerations as well? while they are all relevant and good questions, please start a new thread when going off on a tangent from the e

Re: [CentOS] centos6 xen

2011-07-28 Thread Juergen Gotteswinter
Am 28.07.11 11:23, schrieb Peter Peltonen: > Hi, > > A few more questions :) > > On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 11:56 AM, John R. Dennison wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 10:53:23AM +0200, Juergen Gotteswinter wrote: >>> >>> i think i am not the only one who wants to stay with with xen :) >> >> Far fro

Re: [CentOS] centos6 xen

2011-07-28 Thread Peter Peltonen
Hi, A few more questions :) On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 11:56 AM, John R. Dennison wrote: > On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 10:53:23AM +0200, Juergen Gotteswinter wrote: >> >> i think i am not the only one who wants to stay with with xen :) > > Far from it.  Xen still has a place as a dom0. What are the re

Re: [CentOS] centos6 xen

2011-07-28 Thread John R. Dennison
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 10:53:23AM +0200, Juergen Gotteswinter wrote: > > i think i am not the only one who wants to stay with with xen :) Far from it. Xen still has a place as a dom0. John -- Since when do we have to agree with people

Re: [CentOS] centos6 xen

2011-07-28 Thread Juergen Gotteswinter
Hello Kb, theres myoungs repo available, he maintains a 2.6.32 kernel for fedora which has been ported to rhel/centos 6 as well. http://xenbits.xen.org/people/mayoung/ perhaps this could be a base for cplus xen. for me it worked fine so far, but i whouldnt take it onto production until further

Re: [CentOS] centos6 xen

2011-07-28 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 07/28/2011 08:01 AM, Juergen Gotteswinter wrote: > hi, > > is there any chance to see a xen kernel + xen in centosplus probably? or > is any recommend 3rd party repo available yet which provides this? if someone was to step up and offer to manintain it, and a few people to help test it - CentO