[geeks] Virtualization Smackdown

[Mark Benson]

On 15 Oct 2014 14:46, "JP Hindin" <jplist2008 at kiwigeek.com> wrote:
5.6.100-39215p (xenenterprise)

> We use a combination of CLI management (mostly for exporting/importing)
> and XenCenter which you apparently can get free licencing for. XC has its
> quirks, and we're running it primarily on Windows RDP servers (running on
> the Xen hosts, no less) for getting console and the VM creation which we
> then netboot/puppet to complete the software package installations.

If you use XenCenter does that mean you use XAPI tools to manage the dom0
rather than Xen's linux default (is it xm??)?

> For what it's worth, between the CLI and XC I've had no feeling that I was
> missing any tools, and Xen seems to take anything we throw at it (assuming
> you get away from the vswitch network software, which kind of stinks under
> high packet-per-second loading)... and we tend to really pummel equipment.
>
> Good luck in your decision;

Thanks for your help :)

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