On Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 07:52:45AM -0500, John Alberts wrote: > I've been using vserver for on various servers for at least 4 years > now. If you need to have Linux guests running on a Linux host, IMHO, > there is no better solution. Using something like Xen or VMware in > this situation is a waste of money and hardware resources. that's the point of OS Level virtualization/isolation > Vserver is the perfect solution for our environment where I am working > at now. I have been here for a little over a year now and I am trying > to convince them to use VServer instead of wasting time and money on > VMware in our environment. > My bosses love the idea of using VServer; > however, they are unable to use anything that isn't part of the > official Red Hat distribution. tough luck then ... i.e. they have to use whatever RedHat provides ... > I've tried to convince them of the advantages of using CentOS; > however, they are dead set on only using their officially supported > OS, Red Hat. > I would assume there are likely many other companies that are in a > similar situation and unable to use CentOS so they can use VServer. I do not understand the 'situation' you are seeing ... incompetence? ignorance? > Is there any chance of ever getting VServer support in the official > Red Hat kernels? I know I should probably ask this in a Red Hat list, > but I figured if there was any discussion about it, someone on this > list would know. sure, if somebody from RedHat decides to add Linux-VServer kernels to their distribution, why not? it works, at least to some degree, for other distributions ... best, Herbert > Thanks > > -- > John Alberts