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Re: [Xen-users] Advantages in using Xen for VPS platform
| To: | howard chen <howachen@xxxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | Re: [Xen-users] Advantages in using Xen for VPS platform |
| From: | Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx> |
| Date: | Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:21:43 +0200 |
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On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 10:40:35PM +0800, howard chen wrote: > Hello, > > Given that most well known VPS providers such as Slicehost, Linode etc > are all using Xen instead of other technologies such as KVM, what are > the unique advantages in your opinion? > > Performance? Stability? > Xen has been around for much longer than KVM, and Xen is known to be very stable (if you're running the correct/good versions). Also Xen is a type 1 baremetal hypervisor, providing better security and isolation than KVM. KVM is a type 2 hosted hypervisor (loadable kernel module for Linux). -- Pasi _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users |
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