[Dev] Build server Xen vs KVM

Josh Branning lovell.joshyyy at gmail.com
Tue Nov 7 01:21:28 GMT 2017


On 07/11/17 01:19, Luke Shumaker wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> In the original email, I had said that I planned on using Xen on the
> build server.  I suppose I should ask though: Does anyone have a
> strong opinion on KVM vs Xen?
>
> (Just waiting on the the mobo now.  Also, my RAM seller had
> mis-counted his inventory, and so I'm only getting 16GB in this
> order).
>

KVM, built into kernel. Last time I checked Xen required lots of 
dependencies.

Other question to consider is the overhead added as it's a build server, 
but if it's para-visualization shouldn't be so much of a problem.

Josh



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