Re: Xen support in DragonFlyBSD and donation of one VPS for development

[Dean Hamstead <dean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Xen is superior for VPS providers and other types of hosting. Here you
> need to control the distribution of resources (and cpu time) according
> to type of client.
>
> KVM is superior for other types of virtualization like the testing of
> applications for developers.

Hopefully that gap wont last long.

> RedHat likes being the boss and need "to control" the development of
> keys products. It's not bad thing but is the truth. In Xen they aren't
> the boss.

Oh yes, they suffer from an accute case of Not-invented-here. But i can 
also empathize them with not wanting to take over on the technologies of 
small start ups and other open source companies.

> Oracle is investing in Xen. And the mainline Linux kernel has support
> for Xen Dom0 and Xen DomU. Xen has been working in the mainline Linux
> kernel for a lot of time.

I try and pretend oracle dont exist. To me they are just a racing team.

> > the main restriction for vps providers is that the kvm support in
> > happy commercial vps gui software is very limited at thus stage.
>
> It's not the only problem. The providers can develop their own software
> panel.

Most dont, they just use a fee-per-client software like hypervm.

Dean