Comments on Regular Expressions: Xen vs KVM

Not yet it isn't, which is why if you're flipping ...

2009-04-04T00:20:00.000-07:00

Not yet it isn't, which is why if you're flipping a coin over Xen or KVM, there's really no choice.

A CIM interface for libvirt is also in the works: http://libvirt.org/CIM/ ..how far along it is, and what tools it interoperates I can't say.

Upgrade to KVM? The darn thing isn't even stable o...

2009-04-03T21:28:00.000-07:00

Upgrade to KVM? The darn thing isn't even stable or scaleable. Nor indeed is there a decent formal definition of libvirt, unlike the DMTF SVPC CIM interfaces, which at least will be known to also work on VMware, XenServer and Hyper-V. Why not map to something that the rest of the industry is using?

VMware's sysadmin tooling is top notch, but with E...

2009-04-03T19:02:00.001-07:00

VMware's sysadmin tooling is top notch, but with ESX being a black box, it makes finding people who are skilled at troubleshooting 'weird issues' much harder to find.

Tools like cobbler, func and puppet make managing bulk servers a lot easier, and with the virtualization problem space being better understood, I think these tools will only continue to improve over time.

On the flip side of this, I'm just entering the li...

2009-04-03T18:22:00.000-07:00

On the flip side of this, I'm just entering the linux virtualization arena, and it's the tooling that's mattered most to me. I'm using Ubuntu, which provides extremely high-quality tools for creating libvirt VMs. I don't actually care about KVM vs Xen - I just want my VMs to start up with a minimal amount of administrative work on my part.

This has historically also been where VMWare