Re: [ovirt-users] What prevents from using a very very low-end hardware for manager?

2014-06-23 Thread Sven Kieske
Am 22.06.2014 10:06, schrieb Doron Fediuck: Nicolas (and other on this thread), I'd like to clarify one thing, as indeed this sometimes comes up as a question- Where did oVirt prerequisites come from? Since the engine may be installed with DWH reporting, we need to consider all

Re: [ovirt-users] What prevents from using a very very low-end hardware for manager?

2014-06-23 Thread Doron Fediuck
- Original Message - From: Sven Kieske s.kie...@mittwald.de To: Doron Fediuck dfedi...@redhat.com, Nicolas Ecarnot nico...@ecarnot.net Cc: users@ovirt.org Sent: Monday, June 23, 2014 9:21:05 AM Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] What prevents from using a very very low-end hardware

Re: [ovirt-users] What prevents from using a very very low-end hardware for manager?

2014-06-22 Thread Doron Fediuck
- Original Message - From: Nicolas Ecarnot nico...@ecarnot.net To: users@ovirt.org Sent: Friday, June 20, 2014 5:08:45 PM Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] What prevents from using a very very low-end hardware for manager? Le 20/06/2014 15:27, Daniel Helgenberger a écrit : @Nicolas

[ovirt-users] What prevents from using a very very low-end hardware for manager?

2014-06-20 Thread Nicolas Ecarnot
Hi, I'd like to setup another oVirt TEST datacenter, and amongst the machines I may use, I'd like to dedicate the best ones to the hosts, and the worst to the manager. I don't want to use hosting. I really don't mind if it takes me two hours by click in the java/html web GUI. What could

Re: [ovirt-users] What prevents from using a very very low-end hardware for manager?

2014-06-20 Thread Daniel Helgenberger
Hello Nicolas, I still consider myself new to oVirt but since I faced the same question during my initial research I try to answer. Major Block: AFAIK there are no i686 builds of oVirt, they make no sense anyway. So you will need a 64bit machine wich rules out any of the very old stuff. Minor

Re: [ovirt-users] What prevents from using a very very low-end hardware for manager?

2014-06-20 Thread Sven Kieske
Am 20.06.2014 12:15, schrieb Daniel Helgenberger: You should keep in mind the 4GB min memory requirement for oVirt engine. Better go for 8GB in a bare metal system if you like to have more headroom for future upgrades. There is ongoing discussion on this ML and in some BZs why this requirement

Re: [ovirt-users] What prevents from using a very very low-end hardware for manager?

2014-06-20 Thread Daniel Helgenberger
Hello Sven, here free -m on my ovirtengine: ssh r...@ovirtengine.lab.mbox.loc free -m total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem: 3830 2689 1141 0151669 -/+ buffers/cache: 1868 1961 Swap: 2047

Re: [ovirt-users] What prevents from using a very very low-end hardware for manager?

2014-06-20 Thread Sven Kieske
Am 20.06.2014 13:12, schrieb Daniel Helgenberger: here free -m on my ovirtengine: ssh r...@ovirtengine.lab.mbox.loc free -m total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem: 3830 2689 1141 0151669 -/+

Re: [ovirt-users] What prevents from using a very very low-end hardware for manager?

2014-06-20 Thread Daniel Helgenberger
Hello Sven, thanks: On Fr, 2014-06-20 at 11:30 +, Sven Kieske wrote: Am 20.06.2014 13:12, schrieb Daniel Helgenberger: here free -m on my ovirtengine: ssh r...@ovirtengine.lab.mbox.loc free -m total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem:

Re: [ovirt-users] What prevents from using a very very low-end hardware for manager?

2014-06-20 Thread Nicolas Ecarnot
Le 20/06/2014 15:27, Daniel Helgenberger a écrit : @Nicolas, keep in mind system performance of the engine not only affects the UI; but also various processes in the background. Also, if you plan on using the VDI and self-deployment features (User Access) a slow UI might be very