2016-07-05 13:39 GMT-04:00 Bruno Friedmann <[email protected]>: > On lundi, 4 juillet 2016 18.22:06 h CEST Ciro Iriarte wrote: >> 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, > > Not sure about btrfs choice for storing image you will have to use the nocow > plus I'm not certain that raid especially the level 6 is mature enough on > btrfs ( regarding its difficulties to maintain itself up and running without > assistance ) > > Software raid6 is still cpu expensive, for myself I'm using a good hardware > controller and which handle raid6 + battery in case of crash. > > The system is then build around lvm (each vm has its own). > > my 0.05 Sfr cts ( +/- 0.02 cts € ) ;-) > > -- > > Bruno Friedmann > Ioda-Net Sàrl www.ioda-net.ch > Bareos Partner, openSUSE Member, fsfe fellowship > GPG KEY : D5C9B751C4653227 > irc: tigerfoot > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > To contact the owner, e-mail: [email protected] >
Thanks, in this case the hardware can handle it. I'll add a UPS to the mix and it should be rock solid... Regards, -- Ciro Iriarte http://iriarte.it -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] To contact the owner, e-mail: [email protected]
