Re: [Xen-users] Xen on Debian Lenny quite unstable

[Valtteri Kiviniemi <mailinglists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Debian Lenny has quite shitty Xen package, and I have also found it to 
be very unreliable. I moved from package Xen to source Xen, so I only 
have minimal Debian Lenny installation with the packages needed to 
compile Xen.
I would recommend that you download the latest Xen from xen.org and 
compile it manually, or then use some better distribution which has a 
working Xen (like redhat or centos). Downside using distributions 
package Xen is that they are usually rather old versions.
- Valtteri Kiviniemi

Matej Zary kirjoitti:
> Well, the Debian Lenny Xen implementation (with that particular Xen Dom0 kernel) is known 
> to be "not that stable" - depending on the setup, load, etc. So in case of 
> these problems, switching to something more proven like Redhat/CentOS shouldn't hurt. Or 
> build the Xen solution on top of Lenny with Xen and kernel from source (more work, but 
> for many it's worth the effort). Or just use XCP, XenServer.... :)
>
> Regards
>
> Matej Zary
>
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ward Vandewege 
> [ward@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 10 June 2010 21:49
> To: Dirk H. Schulz
> Cc: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Xen on Debian Lenny quite unstable
>
> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 09:22:01PM +0200, Dirk H. Schulz wrote:
> > I have several servers running the Xen packages from Debian Lenny -
> > the cpu architectures are ranging from dual pentium III, dual xeons
> > from 4 years ago and current quad core xeons. All share a problem:
> > they frequently crash.
> Funny, that. I have a bunch of those machines too - all 64 bit installs,
> running on Opteron hardware, and no crashes. Been running those for a few
> years now.
>
> I'm guessing it's something specific you do :)
>
> Thanks,
> Ward.
>
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