*I had a thought on this just a bit ago. Just out of curosity, how would something like work for virtualizing a different architecture? For example, could I emulate a PC on an older PPC Mac running say an older version of Yellow Dog Linux? Or could I emulate an x86 chip on an ARM? Or maybe the other way around, emulating an ARM on an x86 chip?*
* * *I was just wondering. :)* * * *--- Dan* On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 10:14 PM, Aaron Toponce <[email protected]>wrote: > On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 08:12:15AM -0600, Tod Hansmann wrote: > > What's your favorite VM Server thingamajig? Why? What else might you > > recommend? How do you manage it? > > Lots of replies in the thread, and I haven't read them all, so apologies if > this has already been mentioned. > > KVM is solid for virtual machines if you wish to run the Linux kernel. But, > if you need high density and maximum performance, you should be looking at > containers rather than VMs. I would personally recommend LXC if using > Debian/Ubuntu with cgroups, or OpenVZ if on the RH-side of things. > > In my testing and troubleshooting, I can easily get twice the density AND > twice the performance using containers over VMs. The big drawback, of > course, is sticking to Linux kernels, and losing the ability to virtualize > non-Linux kernel, such as Windows. However, you can run both a container > and VM hypervisor on one box, if you need that homogeny. > > -- > . o . o . o . . o o . . . o . > . . o . o o o . o . o o . . o > o o o . o . . o o o o . o o o > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
