Subject: Re: [vserver] Linuxfest Northwest Presentation
From: Herbert Poetzl <herbert@13thfloor.at>
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 13:47:30 +0100

On Fri, Mar 04, 2011 at 09:32:59AM -0800, Roderick A. Anderson wrote:
> Well it seems my Linux-Vserver presentation proposal is getting some 
> interest (first page of the most popular sessions) so I better get 
> working on it.  :-)

> Since it will be from a Administrative/User perspective (ie. mine) 
> I would like to add some broader statistics to the presentation.  

> What Linux-Vserver is running on (hardware), 

in general, any hardware supported by Linux will be fine
for Linux-VServer, if you encounter any issues, consider
them a bug and report them to us ...

in particular, I had/have Linux-VServer running on:

 - x86/x86_64
 - powerpc/powerpc64/xbox360
 - ia64
 - hppa/pa-risc
 - s390/x
 - arm
 - mips

> how many guests per host, 

typically 30-40, but in some cases just a single guest,
and in other cases up to 1000 guests for testing purposes
(not Linux-VServer testing :)

> which distribution(s) for the host(s)/guests(s), 

mostly Mandrake/Mandriva/Mageia here but for guests also:
 - redhat
 - debian
 - gentoo

> and types of applications the guests are running.

from typical web setups over specialized tunneling
solutions to build environment and specific low resource
test setups (often with only a single process per guest)

> From watching this list I know some of you are doing some really 
> interesting stuff with Linux-Vserver.  Come on all you lurkers.

> So my request is to anyone willing to share this type of information. 
> Either as a reply to the list or as a private message.  I will remove 
> any identifying information (unless you want some free advertising) 
> before using it in the presentation.

> I am also interested in how the developers and those providing 
> support to the project (repos, templates, patches, utilities) are 
> using Linux-Vserver or making money from Linux-Vserver.

for my part, whenever I need lightweight isolation, I'm
using Linux-VServer for the job, after all, that's why
I got involved in the first place ...

if simple isolation doesn't cut it (usually when other
operating systems are involved) I use kvm on the host
as well

HTH,
Herbert

> TIA,
> Rod
> --