"Lopez, Denise" <dlopez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Hi all, > > > > I am in the process of building a new Xen server from scratch and wanted > to ask a couple of questions about best practices. > > > > First, should the guest domains be image files or LVM's or just regular > ext3 partitions? What are the pros and/or cons of each? Image files are slow. Sparse image files lead to *nasty* domU data corruption when you run out of space in the filesystem containing the image file. LVM vs. regular partitions is the usual deal: LVM gives you more flexibility. You might find that you appreciate the flexibility even more when you run guests. > Second, since the Dom0 is supposed to be kept secure, and most of my > servers I don't install any X11 server on, is there any security risk > installing an X11 server on the Dom0 in order to take advantage of the > virt-manager GUI interface? X is network transparent. Why not use a remote display? You don't need an X server in dom0 for that. > Thank you in advance for any thoughts and or opinions. > > > > Denise Lopez -- Fedora-xen mailing list Fedora-xen@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-xen
