From: Allen D. Parker II (allenp_at_efn.org)
Date: Fri 09 Jan 2004 - 15:41:42 GMT
Paul, you might want to talk to James Noble, I'm not sure about the NDAs
required by them to run Virtuozzo or Ensim, but I *know* they've got both
and they're looking to migrate to linux-vserver (ensim from what I hear is a
cpu-hog.. and I know firsthand that virtuozzo is about a year behind in
kernel stuff and afaik, they're adding redhat 8 support just this year.)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vserver-admin_at_list.linux-vserver.org [mailto:vserver-
> admin_at_list.linux-vserver.org] On Behalf Of Paul Sladen
> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 9:50 AM
> To: vserver_at_list.linux-vserver.org
> Subject: Re: [Vserver] Commercial virtual server sofware
>
> On Thu, 8 Jan 2004, Gregory (Grisha) Trubetskoy wrote:
>
> Hello Greg,
>
> [First, let me carefully state that I have not used either of the
> proprietary products you mention.]
>
> If anyone has a legal way for me to have a look at them, without the need
> for me to sign an NDA, I'd be happy to do a more recent write-up comparing
> the various technologies and approaches, I started but didn't finish this:
> (Dated October 2002...)
>
> http://www.paul.sladen.org/vserver/howto.html
>
> > I've seen quite a few mentions of Virtuozzo and Ensim VPS solutions.
>
> Virtuozzo (based on the two-year-old kernel source code I've seen) is
> *very*
> like `vserver'. The code that I have is here:
>
> http://www.paul.sladen.org/vserver/aspcomplete/
>
> Ensim is similar to FreeVSD in that [I believe] it is a pure-userspace
> solution and as you describe it is ``very like a chroot''.
>
> > The best I could determine is Virtuozzo is more like vmware,
>
> Definately not, it has the same advantages that vserver has--which is the
> security and separation without the overhead. Neither is Virtuozzo like
> UML (multiple kernels).
>
> H-Sphere can now use `vserver' underneath after the work IIRC Alex was
> paid
> to do in adding the features they specifically wanted.
>
> What Virtuozzo/Ensim/H-Sphere/Whatever *do* have going for them are the
> management tools built on top. Things like replication are wrapped up in
> a nice clickable HTML button and a end-user `lickable' GUI/Web front-end.
>
> The same reason people buy Cobalt Raqs;
> the *interface* is what they are paying for.
>
> Hope that helps, E&OE, corrections welcomed,
>
> -Paul
> --
> War is inconsistent with Truth. London, GB
>
>
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