Re: [Xen-users] any opinions on debian vs. opensuse for Xen?

[Simon Hobson <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sam wrote:

> I have been using lenny for over a year now. I had some lockups at 
> first but I never could tell if it was just on vm that was crashing 
> and bringing the whole setup down. Since I have done cpu pinning and 
> better ram management, I haven't had any problems.
> I have been using squeeze as a desktop for over a year now with no 
> problems. The only problems right now in squeeze will probably be 
> related to installer quirks. I would give it a try. I am going to 
> upgrade my set up probably in Dec. or so.
I've also running Lenny (with a 2.6.18 kernel for Dom0) on three 
boxes - apart from one issue*, it "just runs" and I've never had a 
machine freeze, lockup, or crash.
* The well known xenconsoled bug that makes a guest stop while 
consuming about 100% of a cpu core. Restarting xenconsoled will fix 
it and allow the guest to continue from where it was. It's not that 
common, I'd estimate less than once a month between 3 hosts running 
about 15 guests between them.
I've been keeping an eye on Squeeze and Lenny Backports. When I can 
get another box I'll have a look at one or the other.
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