2016-07-04 4:30 GMT-04:00 Cedric Bosdonnat <[email protected]>: > Ciao! > > On Sun, 2016-07-03 at 17:07 -0400, Ciro Iriarte wrote: >> Xenserver/ESXi/Proxmox/Acropolis are out because of software R6 and >> having a single host, so I'm turning to openSUSE. I've worked a lot >> with Xen years ago but I understand the guys that get all the >> attention these days are KVM and docker, and Xen might be a second >> class citizen. >> >> Given I would like: >> - Software R6 on the host > > Not sure what that is... > >> - Virtualization nesting > > KVM has some nested virtualization support, depending on your hardware. > See this blog post for some help on it: > > https://kashyapc.com/2012/01/14/nested-virtualization-with-kvm-intel/ > >> - PCI passthrough > > Both Xen and KVM can do it. > >> - Some permanent VMs >> - Lots of temporary VMs >> >> Would you suggest to go with XEN or KVM or Virtualbox in this specific >> scenario at this point in time?, can I assume docker will place nice >> with any of them?. > > I would suggest KVM + virt-manager + libvirt. If you need a web UI, you can > also try Kimchi. Docker has a different use case than a plain old VM: docker > can't do system containers and you would only have one app in one container... > and remember containers aren't secure, you need to put them in a VM to be on > the safe side ;) > > Hope that helps, > > -- > Cedric
Thanks for your comments, by R6 I was refering to BTRFS on raid 6 + disk encryption. This box will works as a NAS also. Regards, -- Ciro Iriarte http://iriarte.it -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] To contact the owner, e-mail: [email protected]
