Re: VMware GSX host file systems

2005-05-05 Thread Gil Freund
On 4/28/05, Gil Freund [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am planning on deploying VMware GSX on a Debian system. While I am happy with ReiserFS for most FS needs, I am wondering if it would make sense to user XFS or JFS for the VM image partition, as it seems both perform better with large

Re: VMware GSX host file systems

2005-04-30 Thread guy keren
On Fri, 29 Apr 2005, Gil Freund wrote: On 4/29/05, guy keren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: perhaps you didn't dig into the thing - it uses the linux system as a console OS, not as a host OS. the guest machines do not run on top of this linux system at all. all the device drivers that are

Re: VMware GSX host file systems

2005-04-30 Thread Gil Freund
On 4/30/05, guy keren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 29 Apr 2005, Gil Freund wrote: On 4/29/05, guy keren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] consider the differences between suzuky swift and suzuky baleno. the swift has all the functionality of the baleno - they both have 4 wheels, an

Re: VMware GSX host file systems

2005-04-29 Thread Muli Ben-Yehuda
On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 03:29:08AM +0300, guy keren wrote: the ESX product does not work on linux. it works side-by-side with linux (it is implemented as a set of kernel modules, and the host OS interacts with these modules directly, not via any host operating system). when you install ESX,

Re: VMware GSX host file systems

2005-04-29 Thread Amos Shapira
On 4/29/05, Muli Ben-Yehuda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: encouraged to take a look at the free Xen hypervisor instead. Windowssupport will be coming to Xen when Intel makes its VTx machinespublicly available. Is there a reason to expect this to happen or is it just a theoretical pre-condition? --A

Re: VMware GSX host file systems

2005-04-29 Thread Muli Ben-Yehuda
On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 05:00:48PM +1000, Amos Shapira wrote: On 4/29/05, Muli Ben-Yehuda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: encouraged to take a look at the free Xen hypervisor instead. Windows support will be coming to Xen when Intel makes its VTx machines publicly available. Is there a reason

Re: VMware GSX host file systems

2005-04-29 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
Muli Ben-Yehuda [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What is GSX's architecture? GSX Server runs as an application in the host OS, ESX runs on baare metal. -- Oleg Goldshmidt | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.goldshmidt.org = To

Re: VMware GSX host file systems

2005-04-29 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
Amos Shapira [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 4/29/05, Muli Ben-Yehuda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: encouraged to take a look at the free Xen hypervisor instead. Windows support will be coming to Xen when Intel makes its VTx machines publicly available. Is there a

Re: VMware GSX host file systems

2005-04-29 Thread Gil Freund
On 29 Apr 2005 10:38:31 +, Oleg Goldshmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Muli Ben-Yehuda [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What is GSX's architecture? GSX Server runs as an application in the host OS, ESX runs on baare metal. Not quite. ESX uses a highly customized RedHat distribution. While

Re: VMware GSX host file systems

2005-04-29 Thread guy keren
On Fri, 29 Apr 2005, Gil Freund wrote: On 29 Apr 2005 10:38:31 +, Oleg Goldshmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Muli Ben-Yehuda [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What is GSX's architecture? GSX Server runs as an application in the host OS, ESX runs on baare metal. Not quite. ESX uses a

Re: VMware GSX host file systems

2005-04-29 Thread Gil Freund
On 4/29/05, guy keren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 29 Apr 2005, Gil Freund wrote: On 29 Apr 2005 10:38:31 +, Oleg Goldshmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Muli Ben-Yehuda [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What is GSX's architecture? GSX Server runs as an application in the host

VMware GSX host file systems

2005-04-28 Thread Gil Freund
Hi, I am planning on deploying VMware GSX on a Debian system. While I am happy with ReiserFS for most FS needs, I am wondering if it would make sense to user XFS or JFS for the VM image partition, as it seems both perform better with large files. On a side note, can anyone share information on

RE: VMware GSX host file systems

2005-04-28 Thread Tzahi Fadida
] On Behalf Of Gil Freund Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 6:56 PM To: IGLU Mailing list Subject: VMware GSX host file systems Hi, I am planning on deploying VMware GSX on a Debian system. While I am happy with ReiserFS for most FS needs, I am wondering if it would make sense to user XFS

Re: VMware GSX host file systems

2005-04-28 Thread Gil Freund
Freund Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 6:56 PM To: IGLU Mailing list Subject: VMware GSX host file systems Hi, I am planning on deploying VMware GSX on a Debian system. While I am happy with ReiserFS for most FS needs, I am wondering if it would make sense to user XFS or JFS

Re: VMware GSX host file systems

2005-04-28 Thread Marc A. Volovic
) and virtual tapes (large files) even without crashes. Regards, tzahi. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gil Freund Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 6:56 PM To: IGLU Mailing list Subject: VMware GSX host file systems Hi, I am

Re: VMware GSX host file systems

2005-04-28 Thread Gil Freund
Subject: VMware GSX host file systems Hi, I am planning on deploying VMware GSX on a Debian system. While I am happy with ReiserFS for most FS needs, I am wondering if it would make sense to user XFS or JFS for the VM image partition, as it seems both perform better with large files

Re: VMware GSX host file systems

2005-04-28 Thread Yedidyah Bar-David
On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 10:52:20PM +0300, Gil Freund wrote: On 4/28/05, Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: XFS is optimized for sequential access performance. Just to clarify, do you mean batch type processing? Without knowing, I guess Marc meant audio/video, which is a large part of

Re: VMware GSX host file systems

2005-04-28 Thread guy keren
On Thu, 28 Apr 2005, Gil Freund wrote: On a side note, can anyone share information on performance of the ESX product vs. the GSX product on Linux? Aside from memory over-committing, most ESX functions (such as vMotion) are not relevant to me. the ESX product does not work on linux. it

Re: VMware GSX host file systems

2005-04-28 Thread Marc A. Volovic
Yedidyah Bar-David wrote: On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 10:52:20PM +0300, Gil Freund wrote: Just to clarify, do you mean batch type processing? Without knowing, I guess Marc meant audio/video, which is a large part of SGI's users. Yes, indeed. Streaming, mainly video. Worst performance was on