From deca7d49f56c861de8394bb0f56556a47e629be7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nico Schottelius Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:16:29 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] begin table Signed-off-by: Nico Schottelius --- docs/linux-virtual-machines.mdwn | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/linux-virtual-machines.mdwn b/docs/linux-virtual-machines.mdwn index 83095860..d4d2c699 100644 --- a/docs/linux-virtual-machines.mdwn +++ b/docs/linux-virtual-machines.mdwn @@ -5,7 +5,29 @@ This document is ***WORK IN PROGRESS*** ## Introduction This article tries to summarise Linux Virtual Machine -methods and is in its early stage. +methods and is in its early stage. It does not focus +on different types of hypervisors, but more on the +issues and features you get with each hypervisor. + +### Host Kernel + +Some supervisors need their own (modified Linux) kernel +to operate, whereas others work with any Linux kernel. +Though some of them again need some configurations +to be turned on in the stock kernel. + +## Comparision table + +[[!table data=""" +Name | Host Kernel +[QEMU](http://wiki.qemu.org/) | Original +[KVM](http://www.linux-kvm.org/) | Original w/KVM +[Linux Containers](http://lxc.sourceforge.net/) | Original w/Containers +[User Mode Linux](http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/) | Original +[VMWare](http://www.vmware.com/) | Own +[Xen](http://www.xen.org/) | Own +"""]] + ## Raw import of notes @@ -16,18 +38,24 @@ be the basis for this article. Try all of them and handle them via creature! +Installation +------------ + +From host like lxc. + +From "inside" like KVM/QEMU/VMWare. + + status ------ eth: ip addresses / mac / dhcp +VMWare +------ -vmware -------- -different host os +Commercial solution, modified Linux. - -lxc ---- +### lxc Not completly isolated. Linux only. Many changes to the guest os. Some scripts existent (lxc-debian, lxc-fedora). The latter does not work on debian. @@ -46,6 +74,9 @@ Ressources are shared, if nothing else is specified. First installation - than virtualisation! + + + openvz ------ templates