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I depend on para-virt.  Xen seems to do this well.  KVM seemed to need hoops
and flames.


> KVM uses QEMU as a front
> end.  To the end-user, using KVM will be _exactly_ like using QEMU
> except that it will be much much faster.  I do not know how anybody
> can say that KVM is more intimidating than Xen after they have used
> both, so give it a shot if you have the hardware.  I can say that Xen
> had a much steeper learning curve for me.  Also, KVM works as a kernel
> module and requires nothing like xend.


I find that the xm command is easier than QEMU, but this is pure preference.


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Anyways, any further discussion of virt stuff should probably be moved to a
new thread.

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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 10:25 PM, James Barrett <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:jadoba at jadoba.net">jadoba at jadoba.net</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 10:03 PM, Brian Stempin &lt;<a href="mailto:brian.stempin at gmail.com">brian.stempin at gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Also, is there anyone on the list that could say a bit about KVM<br>
&gt; virtualization? &nbsp;Perferably someone that&#39;s used it?<br>
&gt;<br>
</div>{{snip}}<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; ** &nbsp;I&#39;ve never used KVM, but I did do a lot of reading and evaluated it<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d">&gt; before deciding to use Xen. &nbsp;It just seems more intimidating than Xen, and<br>
&gt; the Xen graphical tools seem to be more plentiful.<br>
&gt;<br>
<br>
</div>KVM is a hypervisor. &nbsp;It requires a CPU capable of hardware<br>
virtualization (such as Intel&#39;s VT bit). &nbsp;</blockquote><div><br>From what I&#39;ve read, KVM also does para-virt.&nbsp; Since I have crappy hardware, I depend on para-virt.&nbsp; Xen seems to do this well.&nbsp; KVM seemed to need hoops and flames.<br>
&nbsp;</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">KVM uses QEMU as a front<br>
end. &nbsp;To the end-user, using KVM will be _exactly_ like using QEMU<br>
except that it will be much much faster. &nbsp;I do not know how anybody<br>
can say that KVM is more intimidating than Xen after they have used<br>
both, so give it a shot if you have the hardware. &nbsp;I can say that Xen<br>
had a much steeper learning curve for me. &nbsp;Also, KVM works as a kernel<br>
module and requires nothing like xend.</blockquote><div><br>I find that the xm command is easier than QEMU, but this is pure preference. <br></div><br>&lt;snip&gt;<br></div><br>Anyways, any further discussion of virt stuff should probably be moved to a new thread.<br>

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