Re: [Xen-users] Longtime *nix user/admin planning on making the move to Xen

[Braindead <Braindead@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:37:01 -0400 Casey DeLorme <cdelorme@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have never tried XCP so I can't give you any advice there, but
> unless you are using more than one physical machine Xen with the xl
> toolstack should work fine.

That's about what I gathered.  XCP seems to be nicely setup for migration/HA 
and sounds like it has different maybe 'nicer' tools.

> I recommend sticking to the distribution you feel more comfortable
> using, especially if time is not a factor.  Getting your system
> working as desired will probably come down to trial and error.
> 
> I can only think of two compelling reasons to go with another
> distribution. Abundance of documentation, and greater support.
> Picking a more commonly used distribution means more guides are
> available and xen-users list may have more able-bodies to answer
> questions.
> 
> 
> Dom0 may require a custom kernel anyways, but with passthrough only
> DomU needs the HD Tuner driver.  Dom0 just needs the BDF to identify
> & pass the device.

Thanks.  I'm pretty sure the driver for this capture card is built into the 
kernel now.  I've got a system that runs it now so I have a kernel config 
reference.

Thanks for the info.. I think I'm at least mostly on the right path.


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