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On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 16:08, J. Roeleveld <joost@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> On Mon, August 15, 2011 8:18 am, Pandu Poluan wrote: |
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>> On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 02:29, Joost Roeleveld <joost@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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>>> On Sunday, August 14, 2011 07:20:18 PM Pandu Poluan wrote: |
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>>>> On 2011-08-14, Joost Roeleveld <joost@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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>>>> (Sorry for top-posting. Gmail Java mobile client sucks.) |
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>>> (Fixed this for you) |
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>>>> I was thinking of something similar to XCP ... but with Gentoo as the |
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>>>> Dom0. I'll call it GeDZux (Gentoo Domain Zero Linux) :P |
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>>> A different name would be prefered by myself, not got an idea yet |
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>>> though. |
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>> No worry. I know it sounds too... wishy-washy/unserious. |
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>> Had originally wanted to call it "Xentoo", but some might mistake it |
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>> for Xen2, or worse Xen 2.0. |
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>> Ah well... We'll think of something later :-) |
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> Xentoo doesn't sound too bad, actually. |
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>>>> The problem would be how to 'streamline' the installation of a |
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>>>> GeDZux-based Xen Platform. The SysAdmin already has lots of things to |
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>>>> think about; he/she doesn't need to think (too much) about which USE |
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>>>> flags to use, what CFLAGS to put in, which packages to emerge |
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>>>> *initially*, etc. |
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>>> I agree, tools to quickly generate/close new domUs based on templates |
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>>> would |
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>>> help as well. With different options for where the disks are stored: |
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>>> - File |
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>>> - LVM |
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>>> - physical partitions |
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>> By domU here, do you mean Gentoo domU's or general domU's? |
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> Any domU. As far as I am aware, any domU can be configured to use any |
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> block-backend for the partitions/drives. |
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>> Citrix XenServer's 'template' feature comes to mind... |
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> Along with cloning/copying/export/....? |
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> VMWare ESX has similar options. |
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Cloning/copying, check (both "fast storage-based clone" and "full copy") |
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Export, check. |
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Move/migrate, check. |
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If we want similar features, we really should learn about XCP & XAPI |
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[http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XAPI_Developer_Guide] |
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XCP is Citrix XenServer's "engine", released free a couple of months ago. |
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XAPI is the 'smartness' of XenServer, and thus a part of XCP |
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[http://xen.org/products/cloudxen.html] |
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>>>> That is, how to provide sensible defaults yet not irreversibly |
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>>>> removing Gentoo's freedom. So, GeDZux will be a Gentoo variant, a |
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>>>> 'submetadistro', if you will :P |
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>>> A profile putting all the necessary tools (xen, kernel, bridge,....) as |
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>>> required. |
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>> Aha! Good idea. Let me learn how to make a profile then. |
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> That way we can also set default USE-flags suitable for when using Xen. |
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Gotcha :-) |
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I'm going to try out on my company's VMware boxes (the guys at |
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xen-users said that Xen runs okay on VMware, albeit without HVM domU |
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support). |
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Rgds, |
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