[clue-talk] VM shootout

[David Ahern]

If the angle is desktop solutions, then certainly ESX, Hyper-V and Xen
can be omitted. If the angle is a complete discussion of virtualization
technologies and impacts to linux as a guest (or host) then all of them
should included if someone will step up.

Personally, I do not care about xen or Hyper-V. Nonetheless, Xen has a
fairly large install base, and from what I've read their VDI solution is
the farthest along -- ie., most features. M$ is always a wildcard, with
preferences for their technology.

As for topics, VMware's EULA does not allow distribution of performance
results without their approval, so that raw performance discussions are out.

How about an overview of the technology, options, features, etc, and how
to install and configure? A basic introduction to the technologies.
Deep-dives require some understanding by the audience.

David



On 08/17/10 09:26, David L. Willson wrote:
> Do you really care about xen, or are you just adding it because it has some installed base?
> 
> How about a 15 minute "show and tell" for each virt, then an all-presenters panel-discussion for the rest of the time, with some non-presenter building a feature comparison table as we panel discuss? Non-presenters would be responsible for coming up with good questions.
> 
> I don't think performance comparison is realistic for the venue, but maybe someone's got an idea of how to do it quickly and easily?
>  
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> ----- "David Ahern" <dsahern at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> xen should be added to the list as well.
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>> On 08/17/10 07:41, dennisjperkins at comcast.net wrote:
>>> Thanks for volunteering.  The talk will be in October instead of
>>> September.  October's meeting is at 7 PM on Oct 12, at Oracle's
>> building
>>> on 7700 Technology Way in Denver.
>>>
>>> The format still needs to be worked out.  I don't know what to
>> suggest
>>> at this point.  Installation, how to use, speed?  Hopefully the
>> speakers
>>> can agree on what should be discussed.
>>>
>>> I'm starting to play with Qemu-kvm but I have a lot to learn about
>> it,
>>> such as libvirt.  I don't notice any sluggishness on a 4-core Phenom
>> II,
>>> but I do see a little on my laptop with a dual-core Turion. 
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "David Ahern" <dsahern at gmail.com>
>>> To: "CLUE talk" <clue-talk at cluedenver.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 6:40:48 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [clue-talk] VM shootout
>>>
>>> Hi Dennis:
>>>
>>> I've been following KVM & qemu for almost 3 years now, and I know
>> it
>>> reasonably well. I was just at the KVM Forum
>>>
>>> http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/KVM_Forum_2010#Presentations
>>>
>>> and I gave a KVM related talk at LinuxCon 2010:
>>>
>>> http://events.linuxfoundation.org/linuxcon2010/ahern
>>>
>>> When is the meeting and where?
>>>
>>> What is the focus of the shootout: feature comparisons? How to's?
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>>
>>> On 08/16/10 21:23, Dennis J Perkins wrote:
>>>> There is interest in having a VM shootout for one of our monthly
>>>> meetings.  I think we have speakers for VMWare (David Willson) and
>>>> proxmox (Sean Perry?).  We need speakers for VirtualBox and
>> KVM-qemu.
>>>> Would anyone familiar with these be willing to speak?
>>>>
>>>> We would like to have this talk in September, if possible.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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