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On 2015-01-22 09:46, Håkon Alstadheim wrote: |
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> On 22. jan. 2015 08:49, Tomas Mozes wrote: |
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>> On 2015-01-22 08:32, Håkon Alstadheim wrote: |
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>>> Pondering dom0 os for new Xen server (Xeon e5 2620 v3 cpu) . Server |
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>>> is |
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>>> for home use. (routing/firewall; dns/dhcp, mail servers, etc. etc; |
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>>> linux gui desktop; linux media-server; windows as separate domains). |
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>>> |
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>>> I have basic skills in debian, and gentoo. A bit rusty on the |
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>>> rpm-based distros. Totally unfamiliar with *BSD. Total newbie in XEN |
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>>> |
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>>> So, given this list is bound to be a bit biased, : why would I pick |
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>>> gentoo for dom0, and what version of XEN would I use ? |
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>> Picking gentoo for dom0 is probably the same question as "why would I |
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>> use gentoo instead of other linux distribution". Me personally have |
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>> very good experience in running xen dom0 machines on gentoo. If you |
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>> separate your dom0 machine and the services are in domUs, then the |
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>> dom0 is very small, clean and easy to maintain (for years). Ask on the |
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>> debian list and I'm sure they will answer the same way so it's your |
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>> choice ;) |
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>> If it's a new server you may try the new 4.5 release. I don't know how |
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>> stable it is, I just started my first VM on 4.5 today, but I'm running |
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>> 4.3 in production and 4.4 in pre-production. Since you don't need to |
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>> migrate in production, it's not a problem I believe. |
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> Arye you using the 4.5 ebuilds from portage ? |
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> ------------- |
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> Debian Jessie tells me (as an example): |
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> # apt-cache search xen-hyp |
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> xen-hypervisor-4.4-amd64 - Xen Hypervisor on AMD64 |
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> xen-hypervisor-4.0-amd64 - The Xen Hypervisor on AMD64 |
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> xen-hypervisor-4.0-i386 - The Xen Hypervisor on i386 |
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> xen-hypervisor-4.1-amd64 - Xen Hypervisor on AMD64 |
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> xen-hypervisor-4.1-i386 - Xen Hypervisor on i386 |
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> # apt-cache policy xen-hypervisor-4.4-amd64 |
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> xen-hypervisor-4.4-amd64: |
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> Installed: (none) |
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> Candidate: 4.4.1-6 |
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> Version table: |
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> 4.4.1-6 0 |
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> 990 http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ jessie/main amd64 Packages |
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> 500 http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ unstable/main amd64 |
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> Packages |
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> |
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> My gentoo box tells me: |
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> # eix -e xen |
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> * app-emulation/xen |
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> Available versions: 4.2.5-r3^t ~4.2.5-r4^t *4.3.3-r3^t |
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> ~*4.3.3-r4^t ~*4.4.1-r4^t ~*4.4.1-r5^t ~*4.5.0^t {custom-cflags debug |
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> efi flask pae xsm} |
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> Homepage: http://xen.org/ |
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> Description: The Xen virtual machine monitor |
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> So it seems that if I decide xen 4.5, gentoo might be less hassle ? |
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Yes, 4.5 from portage. Only if you use EFI you need a patch that is not |
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in portage at the moment: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=534570 |
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If you want debian, version 4.4 will be also great and they will supply |
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the packages soon I believe. I think the version (4.3, 4.4 or 4.5) is |
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not the crucial factor, each of them will work, only if you need the |
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newer features. |
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