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Re: [Xen-users] [XCP] new version available

On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 07:37:25AM -0800, Grant McWilliams wrote:
>      > question may be what do I get with XCP that I don't get with Xenserver
>      5.5?
> 
>      The XCP snapshot = XenServer development trunk (except windows GUI, HA
>      and WLB)
> 
>      So with XCP you get shiney new stuff like:
>      * RBAC
>      * memory ballooning
>      * much more recent kernel (2.6.27 vs 2.6.18) etc
>      * checkpoint/ rollback
> 
>      However with XenServer you get a fully polished thing which has been
>      extensively stress-tested for ages.
> 
>      Cheers,
>      Dave
> 
>    So is that shiny new kernel a pv_ops kernel or has the xen patches been
>    forward ported again. I've not tested both the xen kernel and the pv_ops
>    but I keep hearing theirs a fairly major performance hit with pv_ops.
> 

XCP kernel is based on the SLES11 Xen kernel. XCI is also based on that kernel.

-- Pasi


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