Comments on: Solaris and Xen http://stateless.geek.nz/2007/08/02/solaris-and-xen/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:02:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: stateless http://stateless.geek.nz/2007/08/02/solaris-and-xen/comment-page-1/#comment-1952 stateless Thu, 02 Aug 2007 23:44:08 +0000 http://stateless.geek.nz/2007/08/02/solaris-and-xen/#comment-1952 The aspect I'm quite interested in is the whole: suspend, snapshot, patch the clone, and regression test. Plus the poor mans xen DR with zfs send/recv. If there is support for being able to drop in pre-built xen images from other sources: like xva or rpath images. Then it is certainly going to the top of the list. zfs makes a compelling shared storage choice for small data centers where something like NetApp is overkill. However NFS+zfs issues with linux and flaky iscsi [1] target make it a difficult option at present. Native Xen on Solaris creates a lot move choice. [1] At when I was trying 62. I haven't had time to try the new version, but I will when I look into the Xen support as well. The aspect I’m quite interested in is the whole: suspend, snapshot, patch the clone, and regression test. Plus the poor mans xen DR with zfs send/recv.

If there is support for being able to drop in pre-built xen images from other sources: like xva or rpath images. Then it is certainly going to the top of the list.

zfs makes a compelling shared storage choice for small data centers where something like NetApp is overkill. However NFS+zfs issues with linux and flaky iscsi [1] target make it a difficult option at present. Native Xen on Solaris creates a lot move choice.

[1] At when I was trying 62. I haven’t had time to try the new version, but I will when I look into the Xen support as well.

]]> By: John Levon http://stateless.geek.nz/2007/08/02/solaris-and-xen/comment-page-1/#comment-1951 John Levon Thu, 02 Aug 2007 23:33:01 +0000 http://stateless.geek.nz/2007/08/02/solaris-and-xen/#comment-1951 Yes, you will be able to use zvols with Xen - one of the exciting things we do every day whilst developing is use the snapshot, clone, and rollback features of ZFS alongside Xen domains. For live migration, you currently need some kind of shared storage (NFS-shared file, iscsi, etc.). The possibilities with ZFS and live migration are certainly there, but still need to be implemented. Yes, you will be able to use zvols with Xen – one of the exciting things
we do every day whilst developing is use the snapshot, clone, and rollback features of ZFS alongside Xen domains.

For live migration, you currently need some kind of shared storage
(NFS-shared file, iscsi, etc.). The possibilities with ZFS and live migration are certainly there, but still need to be implemented.

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