Re: [CentOS-virt] libvirt, xen PV, qemu-system-i386, root user

2015-09-14 Thread Karel Hendrych
Good test, non-buffered dom0 dd write speed is similar with tap2. I'll likely stay with the QEMU backend. Are there any best practises regarding security, at least if QEMU can operate under non-root account? Cheers -- Karel On 12.9.2015 10:51, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote: On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at

Re: [CentOS-virt] libvirt, xen PV, qemu-system-i386, root user

2015-09-12 Thread Pasi Kärkkäinen
On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 01:35:48AM +0200, Karel Hendrych wrote: > Comparing simple dd bs=1M count=1 on dom0 vs domU. Qemu driver > is achieving pretty much the same like dom0. > So you're measuring buffered speed. Try measuring non-buffered (iflag=direct or oflag=direct, depending if you're

Re: [CentOS-virt] libvirt, xen PV, qemu-system-i386, root user

2015-09-07 Thread Karel Hendrych
Hi, spot on! On 6.9.2015 12:56, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote: On Sun, Sep 06, 2015 at 09:08:50AM +0200, Karel Hendrych wrote: Hi, after migrating to libvirt/libxl according to: Hi, https://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Xen/Xen4QuickStart/Xen4Libvirt I've noticed that my Xen PV domains are being

[CentOS-virt] libvirt, xen PV, qemu-system-i386, root user

2015-09-06 Thread Karel Hendrych
Hi, after migrating to libvirt/libxl according to: https://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Xen/Xen4QuickStart/Xen4Libvirt I've noticed that my Xen PV domains are being launched by qemu-system-i386 running under root privileges. I am wondering why is this? Previously no qemu process was used. If qemu

Re: [CentOS-virt] libvirt, xen PV, qemu-system-i386, root user

2015-09-06 Thread Pasi Kärkkäinen
On Sun, Sep 06, 2015 at 09:08:50AM +0200, Karel Hendrych wrote: > Hi, after migrating to libvirt/libxl according to: > Hi, > https://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Xen/Xen4QuickStart/Xen4Libvirt > > I've noticed that my Xen PV domains are being launched by > qemu-system-i386 running under root