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Re: [Xen-users] who comes from kvm?

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] who comes from kvm?
From: Steve Sapovits <steves06@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 12:24:30 -0500
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On 2/10/2011 5:31 PM, Mauro wrote:

There is someone that switched from kvm to xen?
If yes what are the motivations?

I tried KVM for a while before settling on Xen.  Either is probably
okay.  I like the idea of a type 1 hypervisor better than a type 2
(Xen is a type 1, KVM is a type 2).  It's probably not a huge concern
for most uses but I like the idea that a type 1 is not inside another
kernel but is running directly on the hardware.

As long as some distros commit to providing tested Xen support I think
all is good there.  I personally found openSUSE to be a pretty good
dom0 platform in terms of seamless updates, etc.  I'm sure there are
others.

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Steve Sapovits  steves06@xxxxxxxxxxx

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