Re: [Xen-users] ionice

[Bart Coninckx <bart.coninckx@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 04 July 2010 22:44:21 Jonathan Tripathy wrote:
> On 04/07/10 21:16, Bart Coninckx wrote:
> > On Sunday 04 July 2010 00:28:59 Jonathan Tripathy wrote:
> >>> My problem is that I see high volume requests from some people with
> >>> little time in between the requests and about matters getting more and
> >>> more away from the subject at hand, which more than likely points to
> >>> people not taking the time to look for answers themselves on the
> >>> internet but choosing the easy path of free advice on a mailing list.
> >>> This community is about helping each other out after having done the
> >>> necessary research oneself.  At least that's how I see it. Mind you,
> >>> I'm at risk stating this, because I frequently am scratching my head in
> >>> the face of nasty problems and challenges with tight deadlines, but I
> >>> try to self reliant to the max and only if I'm at the end of my wits, I
> >>> will consult the list.
> >>>
> >>> No chill pills needed.
> >>
> >> FYI, I started a new topic as I had already discovered how to use solve
> >> my ionice problem (I used dstat). Which is why I then moved onto how to
> >> "prioritise" the DomU regarding disk usage, and I know that a lot of
> >> people on this list do that for their customers. I actually did do my
> >> own research, and in fact I will point you to an excellent PDF (which is
> >> taken from the book I'm currently reading):
> >> http://nostarch.com/download/xen_ch7.pdf (Page 11).
> >>
> >> Please don't jump to the conclusion that I havn't done my own research,
> >> because I have.
> >
> > Jonathan,
> >
> > how would you rate the book you are referring to? I just ordered
> > "Virtualization with Xen" but I find it basically crap with way too
> > little practical info.
> >
> > cheers,
> >
> > B.
> 
> Hi Bart,
> 
> I havn't finished reading it yet, but so far I find it that it's a very
> good book at covering the basics. It starts off with a bit of background
> in Virtualisation in general, then heads into Xen. I think it's an
> excellent books, and it will definitely help anyone get started. There
> is also an excellent section on hosting for customers at well, however
> thinking outside the box is required in that section.
> 
> I'll follow up again once I've finished reading it
> 
> Cheers
> 

Hmmm, I'm actually looking more for a book that will look more at the advanced 
topics, like using Xen in clustering environments and doing P2V for Windows 
etc.

Maybe I'll just d/l the eBook.

B.

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