Quoting Digimer <linux@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > On 10-11-09 12:54 PM, jonr@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> Digimer, >> >> I would think the latest xen vs the latest kvm would be best. Fully >> virtualized vs Para-virtualized, is that possible with kvm? I don't >> believe your specs are too low end, they actually match pretty close >> to what I have and I don't think the OS matters that much as long as >> they are identical setups. >> >> Thanks for offering to do the comparison, I am very interested in your >> results. >> >> Jon > > I will look into whether fully virtualized is an option for KVM. If not, > I probably won't worry as all "modern" operating systems support > paravirtualized setups. > > I've got no way of knowing how to run tests on non-linux VMs. If anyone > can give advice on benchmarking non-Linux OS', I'd be grateful and will > give it a go. > > Can you (or anyone) suggests tests to run beyond bonnie++ and a kernel > compile that would be "real-world" and useful benchmarks? I think one > test that will help would be to run tests concurrently on two VMs to see > if there is a difference in how Xen or KVM handle very random disk I/O. > > PS - I will likely need a week or so to get these tests done. > > -- > Digimer Does bonnie++ do network tests? I would also be interested in how well the network performs. I know this would depend on the NIC's but it would be "good enough" for me. :) Thanks again and I am willing to wait a week or two or more if you need it. Jon -- xen mailing list xen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/xen
