xen
This posts list benchmark (using bonnie++) result of I/O performance of Xen LVM and loopback backed VBDs.
The configuration of machines
Dom0
VCPU: 2 (Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5520 @ 2.27GHz)
Memory: 2GB
Xen and Linux ... read more »
How to create a LVM group from two hard disk partitions is introduced in this post.
Assume we have installed two hard disks /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc to the server, our task ... read more »
We introduced how to create a LVM group with two hard disk partitions, which the LVM group can be used for installing LVM backed Xen DomUs. The LVM volume can ... read more »
In this post, these content are introduced:
Create and manage file-backed virtual block device (VBD) for virtual machines on xen.
Install Fedora 11 via internet as DomU on top of xen.
Manage virtual ... read more »
The is a simple introduction to paravirt_ops in Linux kernel for Xen, VMware, etc. We make this introduction from the view of code. We use the function raw_local_irq_disable() and raw_local_irq_enable() ... read more »
Please refer to
Xen solution
for the more latest stable Xen Dom0 solution.
How to set up Xen Dom0 with Xenified Linux kernel in Fedora 12 will be introduced in this post. We ... read more »
I have created slides from introducing Xen’s source code structure and backend and frontend drivers in Xen. Please find the PDF version here:
xen-code-disk-v2.pdf
Animation is enabled which may help to understand ... read more »
Creating file-backed virtual block device (VBD) for Xen virtual machines and installing Fedora 11 in Xen DomU via internet will be introduced.
The Dom0 platform on top of which this DomU ... read more »
Please refer to
Xen solution
for the latest stable Xen Dom0 solution.
How to set up Xen Dom0 with paravirt_ops technology in Fedora 12 will be introduced in this post. The Fedora 12 ... read more »
Creating file-backed virtual block device (VBD) for Xen virtual machines and installing Fedora 12 in Xen DomU via internet will be introduced.
The Dom0 platform on top of which this DomU ... read more »
This is the latest stable and recommended stable Xen Dom0 solution on Fedora 12. No serious bug found till now and we will fix the bugs by ourselves if some ... read more »
The Xen solutions including installing and configuring Dom0 and DomU are summarized here. This post will be updated when our solution changes. Only the latest tested stable solutions are listed ... read more »
LVM volumes as backing for DomU’s file system is an appealing solution to Xen VBD. LVM volumes can dynamically grow/shrink and snapshot. These features make it simple and fast to ... read more »
Please refer to
Xen solution
for the more latest stable Xen Dom0 solution.
How to set up Xen Dom0 with Xenified Linux kernel in Fedora 12 will be introduced in this post. We ... read more »
LVM volumes as backing for DomU’s file system is an appealing solution to Xen VBD. LVM volumes can dynamically grow/shrink and snapshot. These features make it simple and fast to ... read more »
Setting up Ubuntu 10.10 DomU on top of Fedora Xen Dom0 is introduced in this post. The process of setting up Ubuntu 10.10 DomU is the same as Setting Up ... read more »
Here is a list of problem that may occur during installing and configuring Xen Dom0 in Fedora. It is found originally in Fedora systems, but the tips in this post ... read more »
LVM’s snapshot feature enables us to duplicate an LVM backed Xen DomU in seconds inside of the same volume group. When we want to duplicate LVM backed Xen DomU from ... read more »
LVM’s snapshot feature enables us to duplicate an LVM backed Xen DomU in seconds rather than minutes. We no longer need to copy the entire file system image like backing ... read more »
Please refer to
Xen solution
for the more latest stable Xen Dom0 solution.
How to set up Xen Dom0 with Xenified Linux kernel in Fedora 12 will be introduced in this post. We ... read more »
