CLOUDSTACK-1596: Choosing a hypervisor matrix to xml and add to Install Guide
Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cloudstack/repo Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cloudstack/commit/bca7f9df Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cloudstack/tree/bca7f9df Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cloudstack/diff/bca7f9df Branch: refs/heads/affinity_groups Commit: bca7f9df5f6936c4ed95694970779303502f6eec Parents: 8bb28fd Author: Gavin Lee <[email protected]> Authored: Wed Apr 3 16:57:42 2013 +0800 Committer: Gavin Lee <[email protected]> Committed: Wed Apr 3 16:57:42 2013 +0800 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- docs/en-US/Installation_Guide.xml | 1 + docs/en-US/choosing-a-hypervisor.xml | 136 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 137 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cloudstack/blob/bca7f9df/docs/en-US/Installation_Guide.xml ---------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/docs/en-US/Installation_Guide.xml b/docs/en-US/Installation_Guide.xml index fed53fc..28df071 100644 --- a/docs/en-US/Installation_Guide.xml +++ b/docs/en-US/Installation_Guide.xml @@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ <xi:include href="additional-installation-options.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/> <xi:include href="choosing-a-deployment-architecture.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/> + <xi:include href="choosing-a-hypervisor.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/> <xi:include href="aws-interface-compatibility.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/> <xi:include href="network-setup.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/> <xi:include href="networks.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/> http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cloudstack/blob/bca7f9df/docs/en-US/choosing-a-hypervisor.xml ---------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/docs/en-US/choosing-a-hypervisor.xml b/docs/en-US/choosing-a-hypervisor.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3c65488 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/en-US/choosing-a-hypervisor.xml @@ -0,0 +1,136 @@ +<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd"; [ +<!ENTITY % BOOK_ENTITIES SYSTEM "cloudstack.ent"> +%BOOK_ENTITIES; +]> +<!-- Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one + or more contributor license agreements. 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Each cluster of hosts must run the same hypervisor.</para> + <para>You might already have an installed base of nodes running a particular hypervisor, in which case, your choice of hypervisor has already been made. If you are starting from scratch, you need to decide what hypervisor software best suits your needs. A discussion of the relative advantages of each hypervisor is outside the scope of our documentation. However, it will help you to know which features of each hypervisor are supported by &PRODUCT;. The following table provides this information.</para> + <informaltable frame="all"> + <!-- <title>Hypervisor supported features</title> --> + <tgroup cols="6" align="left" colsep="1" rowsep="1"> + <colspec colnum="1" colname="c1" colwidth="2*"/> + <colspec colnum="2" colname="c2" colwidth="1*"/> + <colspec colnum="3" colname="c3" colwidth="1*"/> + <colspec colnum="4" colname="c4" colwidth="1*"/> + <colspec colnum="5" colname="c5" colwidth="1*"/> + <colspec colnum="6" colname="c6" colwidth="1*"/> + <thead> + <row> + <entry><para>Feature</para></entry> + <entry><para>XenServer 6.0.2</para></entry> + <entry><para>vSphere 4.1/5.0</para></entry> + <entry><para>KVM - RHEL 6.2</para></entry> + <entry><para>OVM 2.3</para></entry> + <entry><para>Bare Metal</para></entry> + </row> + </thead> + <tbody> + <row> + <entry><para>Network Throttling</para></entry> + <entry><para>Yes</para></entry> + <entry><para>Yes</para></entry> + <entry><para>No</para></entry> + <entry><para>No</para></entry> + <entry><para>N/A</para></entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><para>Security groups in zones that use basic networking</para></entry> + <entry><para>Yes</para></entry> + <entry><para>No</para></entry> + <entry><para>Yes</para></entry> + <entry><para>No</para></entry> + <entry><para>No</para></entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><para>iSCSI</para></entry> + <entry><para>Yes</para></entry> + <entry><para>Yes</para></entry> + <entry><para>Yes</para></entry> + <entry><para>Yes</para></entry> + <entry><para>N/A</para></entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><para>FibreChannel</para></entry> + <entry><para>Yes</para></entry> + <entry><para>Yes</para></entry> + <entry><para>Yes</para></entry> + <entry><para>No</para></entry> + <entry><para>N/A</para></entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><para>Local Disk</para></entry> + <entry><para>Yes</para></entry> + <entry><para>Yes</para></entry> + <entry><para>Yes</para></entry> + <entry><para>No</para></entry> + <entry><para>Yes</para></entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><para>HA</para></entry> + <entry><para>Yes</para></entry> + <entry><para>Yes (Native)</para></entry> + <entry><para>Yes</para></entry> + <entry><para>Yes</para></entry> + <entry><para>N/A</para></entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><para>Snapshots of local disk</para></entry> + <entry><para>Yes</para></entry> + <entry><para>Yes</para></entry> + <entry><para>Yes</para></entry> + <entry><para>No</para></entry> + <entry><para>N/A</para></entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><para>Local disk as data disk</para></entry> + <entry><para>No</para></entry> + <entry><para>No</para></entry> + <entry><para>No</para></entry> + <entry><para>No</para></entry> + <entry><para>N/A</para></entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><para>Work load balancing</para></entry> + <entry><para>No</para></entry> + <entry><para>DRS</para></entry> + <entry><para>No</para></entry> + <entry><para>No</para></entry> + <entry><para>N/A</para></entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><para>Manual live migration of VMs from host to host</para></entry> + <entry><para>Yes</para></entry> + <entry><para>Yes</para></entry> + <entry><para>Yes</para></entry> + <entry><para>Yes</para></entry> + <entry><para>N/A</para></entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><para>Conserve management traffic IP address by using link local network to communicate with virtual router</para></entry> + <entry><para>Yes</para></entry> + <entry><para>No</para></entry> + <entry><para>Yes</para></entry> + <entry><para>Yes</para></entry> + <entry><para>N/A</para></entry> + </row> + </tbody> + </tgroup> + </informaltable> +</chapter>
