On Tue June 9 2009, Herbert Poetzl wrote: > 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? > Terms of the commercial support contract? Mike > > 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 > >