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Re: [Xen-users] Why Xen will deprecated? Is it to old?

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 02:47:57PM -0500, Paras pradhan wrote:
> So,
> 
> for those who are planing for server consolidation within few months
> using RHEL 5.4, KVM would be the good choice or there is no harm on
> sticking with Xen?
>

There is no harm using Xen. 

KVM is still less mature than Xen.

-- Pasi

> 
> Paras.
> 
> 
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 06:43:30AM -0600, Nick Couchman wrote:
> >> >>> On 2009/10/20 at 03:42, Jean Baptiste FAVRE
> >> <jean-baptiste.favre@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> wrote:
> >> > Hello,
> >> > As I understand the mail, it just seems that specific Dom0 kernel
> >> will
> >> > disappear in next Debien stable release.
> >> > For the time being, when you want to build a Debian Dom0, you have
> >> to
> >> > install a specific "Xen-enabled" kernel.
> >> > Starting Squeeze, all these functionnalities will be intergrated in
> >> the
> >> > default kernel.
> >> >
> >> > Regards,
> >> > JB
> >> >
> >> > Alexandr R. Ogurtzoff a écrit :
> >> >> Hello,
> >> >>
> >> >> I'm confused why Xen is deprecated in the next Debian release, does
> >> it
> >> >> mean Xen dying? What is alternative? KVM?
> >> >> I've heard RH also is going to promote KVM only in a future
> >> releases.
> >> >> Can someone elaborate what does it mean?
> >> >> Thank You in advance.
> >> >>
> >> >> http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.devel.announce/1407
> >> >>
> >> >> " xen dom 0
> >> >> +++++++++
> >> >>
> >> >> This feature will be included in the squeeze kernel release subject
> >> to
> >> >> ongoing stabilisation work. The feature will be marked as
> >> deprecated
> >> >> and will not appear in future releases. "
> >>
> >> As far as RedHat going KVM, yes, that's the virtualization technology
> >> that RedHat has decided to pursue.  I don't know if that means that Xen
> >> will be completely unavailable in RedHat, or if it just means that KVM
> >> will be the one they push by default in new installations.  If you go to
> >> the linux-kvm.org page, you'll notice the Redhat logo in the bottom
> >> corner - they purchased the company Qumranet, which is the primary
> >> funder of KVM development.
> >>
> >
> > Redhat will support Xen (including dom0) in RHEL5 for the whole
> > lifetime.. that's until 2014 or so.
> >
> > RHEL6 will have Xen domU support.. I think. So you can run RHEL6 Xen
> > domUs on RHEL5 dom0 (or some other dom0).
> >
> > -- Pasi
> >
> >
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