Re: [Xen-users] Dom0 versus DomU and sata DVD drives

["Stephen Carville" <stephen.carville@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 5/3/07, Tim Post <tim.post@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-05-03 at 12:03 -0700, Stephen Carville wrote:
> > I have couple question about using Xen in the "real" world.
> >
> > My test box is a Dell Optiplex 745 with a Core 2 processor and 4 G of
> > RAM.  I am using 64 bit Centos 5 with Xen 3.03.  Right now I have it
> > set up so Dom0 is my working domain and I add other DomU for whatever
> > tests i need to do.  From what I've read here, this is not the best
> > way to do things.
> >
> > So my first question is, if I do an install with a minimal Dom0 and
> > use a DomU for my working domain, can I set it up so that DomU is what
> > I log on to from runlevel 5?  Is that really the best way to setup a
> > workstation?
>
> I work from my GNU/Linux desktop in dom-0 with KDE, I use Ubuntu. My
> purposes are the same, having a handy sandbox in the same place I'm
> making things.
>
> Typically, I don't set a max for dom-0, I just let dom-0 balloon to make
> way for the guests. This way I only 'shrink' when I need to.
>
> If its your desktop, its just too convenient not to do (imho).
That's pretty much how I look at it too.  I use Xen to test code or
new software on whatever version happens to be running on the target
box.  That alone has saved me a lot of time. Testing moving production
boxes to Xen is my next step.

--
Stephen Carville

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