Re: [Xen-users] Xen network tune for fileserver in DomU

[Peter Booth <peter_booth@xxxxxxx>]

It's about the right tool for the job

One could use a school bus to drive to the mall. but I wouldnt.

Virtualization is great for business agility, its a great way to make  
use of unused compute resources, its a great way to affordably  
simulate a large network, a great way to partition systems that have  
different functions.
Xen doesn't help you build a (production) fileserver but it certainly  
hinders you.

On Jun 29, 2009, at 5:14 AM, J.Witvliet@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

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> [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peter  
> Booth
> Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 7:27 PM
> To: Alexandr R. Ogurtzoff
> Cc: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Xen network tune for fileserver in DomU
>
> Alexandr,
>
> Using Xen for a fileserver doesn't make much sense. It's an  
> inefficient
> use of resources.
>
> Peter
>
> ....
> In other threads people stated that fileservers (nfs/smb) should _not_
> be done from the Dom-0.
> If you can't use neither DOM-0 nor DOM-U as fileserver, isn't that a
> waste of resources?
>
> Hans
>
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