On Tue, 2007-08-14 at 15:50 +0300, Avi Kivity wrote: > Farkas Levente wrote: > > hi, > > i try to setup a centos host server with kvm and a few guest os for the > > first time. imho there is only a very limited docs about kvm (even if i > > try to read them:-). so there are a few general questions: > > - which is the recommended host config?: > > - should i used x86_64 or i386 host kernel? i don't know in advance, > > but probably most guest os will be 32 bit. is there any advantage or > > disadvantage to use x86_64 as a host os? > > > > If you have more than 1GB of RAM, 64-bit will be slightly faster. > Otherwise there is no preference.
One other difference is that x86_64 host can run either 32 or 64 bit guest. i386 can only run 32 bit. -Greg ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ kvm-devel mailing list kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel
