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Re: [Xen-users] Recommended Reading for Xen Hypervisor?


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> From: Fajar A. Nugraha <list@xxxxxxxxx>

>To: Eric <epretorious@xxxxxxxxx> 
>Cc: "xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 9:21 PM
>Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Recommended Reading for Xen Hypervisor?
> 
>On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Eric <epretorious@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Thanks, Fajar:
>>
>> I've read the RHEL5 Virtualization Guide and, while it is helpful, it's far
>> from complete IMHO. e.g., The guidance that is given is far too general,
>> and; libvirt's CLI tools hardly get a mention in most places (with the
>> authors preferring, instead, to use virt-manager almost exclusively).
>
>...
>
>At this point I'd suggest you finish reading and testing RHEL's
>virtualization guide, to get an idea on how xen-for-dummies work.
>After that, start by reading
>http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_Beginners_Guide .
>
>After that, you can either browse other pages of the wiki and ask
>questions on what you don't understand, or buy one of the books that
>you mentioned.
>
>There used to be a complete guide for xen 3.0 at
>http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/srg/netos/xen/documentation.html ,
>but at this point I recommend you don't read that yet, and instead
>read the above documentation first.


FWIW: I chose to start with "The Book of Xen" (Takemura & Crawford, 2009 - No 
Starch Press). So far I've read the preface and  first-half of four of the 
chapters (as a sort of sample) and I have been _very_ impressed with the the 
content and the style.

Eric Pretorious
Truckee, CA


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