Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:28:14 -0400 On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Michael <michael.auckland@gmail.com> wrote: >>>Maybe switch to Xen. ;) > > may be... > I just switch off Xen to Vserver on debian. Yes I found some problems > with supplied kernel image, but I really like vserver, so I build > 2.6.30.6 and use it on production. > Debian kernel images good for a very fast deployment of vserver, so > will be useful for a lot of people. > > > > -- > -- > Michael > On a similar note I was looking to build a XEN + vserver kernel. XEN as I can see it is really geared to be its own distribution. The XEN site does not seem geared towards patching XEN into your kernel. To get the XEN kernel into redhat requires tons of patches. VServer is lighter and cleaner. Also I have read this... http://boycottnovell.com/2009/04/18/linux-foundation-abandons-xen/ It seems like the future of XEN could be rocky. Personally, I have said for a while that VServer is the most un-glamorous VM solution. For example I saw a libvirt patch for VServer yet, I never see it get included to libvirt. It seems to be one of those situation where vserver folks take it 95 % and then someone can not take it the next 5%. I am not an expert kernel builder but the VServer patch is so small it is almost like a "throw in". I can't not figure out why the adoption is not wider. As i mentioned above I really want to get my XEN + VServer kernel for CentOS going. Maybe in this case VServer community has to go "above and beyond" and actively build host many kernels for many distros to "prime the pump".