[Cialug] VM Server

[David Champion]

Are VM clients portable between ProxMox and KVM? Or once you go with
ProxMox, are you locked into them?

For my personal server, I don't really need the advanced features. I'm
mostly looking for the ability to run multiple compartmentalized VM's on
the same server, and to do snapshot style backups.

I did install CentOS 6.5 to a USB flash drive yesterday, and got kvm and
libvirt installed on it, still has plenty of space left on the 4gb flash
drive, but I'll probably get a larger USB flash drive before I deploy it
anyway.

Here's a benchmark comparing KVM to Xen. Seems the KVM does have better
performance.

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=intel_haswell_virtualization&num=1

-dc


On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 1:31 PM, Scott Yates <Scott at yatesframe.com> wrote:

> Going to go ahead and put my 2c in for ProxMox.  It is VERY easy to set up
> and run.  The web gui is clean and speedy, and you can still do the more
> advanced operations like moving a live/running image from one machine to
> another without even losing a ping.
>
> It's very nice stuff, free, and seems to be very solid.
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 9:14 AM, Daniel A. Ramaley <
> daniel.ramaley at drake.edu
> > wrote:
>
> > Personally i'd use XenServer. But that's because at work i administer
> > several XenServer pools and so am quite familiar with it. The free
> > version of XenServer 6.2 has almost full functionality (previous
> > versions were artificially restricted to convince people to pay). The
> > two things is lacks are that you can't apply patches using the console
> > GUI (have to do that on the command line), and you can't call tech
> > support and expect a useful response. (Which is *not* meant to imply
> > that they will have a useful response even if you have a support
> > contract.)
> >
> > I guess overall i'd have to say use what you are familiar with, unless
> > what you are familiar with has deficiencies that bother you and you want
> > to try something new. If you want to try something new, i suggest
> > looking at XenServer.
> >
> > On 2014-01-18 at 12:54:49 David Champion wrote:
> > > I'm planning to upgrade my co-located server, a good old Dell SC1425
> > > I've been running for years, with a Dell PE2950, and run a Virtual
> > > Machine server. The VM's will be running Linux.
> > >
> > > I'm quite familiar with VMWare. I've run VirtualBox on the desktop for
> > > testing OS's, and I've just started playing around with KVM. Haven't
> > > run Xen.
> > >
> > > Of all of these, I'm kind of leaning towards KVM at the moment. It
> > > seems really easy to set up, and you can manage your vm's from the
> > > command line, i.e. I can ssh in from my tablet and restart a VM if
> > > something crashes.
> > >
> > > Anyone have any input on what they'd run for a VM Server?
> > >
> > > -dc
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