Lxlabs HyperVM is a multi-platform, multi-tiered, multi-server, multi-virtualization web based application that will allow you to create and manage different Virtual Machines each based on different technologies across machines and platforms.
Monthly Archives: April 2008
OpenVZ vs Xen
VPSLink have a useful page comparing their OpenVZ and Xen Hosting Platforms with some great graphics showing where the virtualisation layers are in each solution !
Ubuntu 8.04 VPS are already available !
At least VPSLink are already advertising OpenVZ & Xen Ubuntu 8.04 VPS VMs from $8/m !
VPSLink CentOS VPS plans
VPSLink Ubuntu VPS plans
Virtualisation HowTo's @ howtoforge
The howtoforge has a great set of virtualisation howto‘s for Xen, KVM and more !
Xen Source Cool Configurations
Xen Source Cool Configurations is a blog / wiki of some of the coolest Xen configurations around !
Jailtime.org: Virtual filesystems for Xen
Jailtime.org
provide a variety of downloads and howto’s to facilitate use of the Xen Virtual Machine Monitor.
Jailtime.org have Linux distributions that can run as Xen guests out of the box, obviating the need to create your own custom filesystems. The filesystems on this site have already been tweaked to deal with Xen’s idiosyncracies, and are also designed to be lightweight and minimally divergent from the original distribution.
XEN vm hwclock issues
It seems there are some issues with xen hwclock and centos and ubuntu xen vms !
- http://howtoforge.com/debian_sarge_xen_3.0.3_p7
- https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Xen
- http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/CoolConfigurations
- http://jailtime.org/download:centos:v5.1?s=hwclock
You may find that installing
# yum install system-config-date
and using timeconfig instead might help
