François Delawarde wrote: > I don't really know of other virtualization technology other than Xen, > and I thank you for guiding me through this, but I have a few doubts > related to the choice of a virtualization technology in a host with > Asterisk: > > - Isn't the fact that KVM is now included in the mainstream Linux kernel > as of 2.6.20 a certain type of 'proof' that it could be stable enough > compared to others (of course there could be licensing or other > political/friendship issues)?
It is anything but proof. Kernel inclusions are often a matter of convenience. > - Even if the virtual guests aren't totally stable and 100% reliable > yet, wouldn't the use of KVM be better with Zaptel compatible cards than > Xen, in architecture point of vue, as it is only a kernel module that > -as far as I know- don't appear to be changing fundamental issues like > IRQ handling or I/O scheduling in the kernel, and from the fact that > virtual machines are treated like simple processes? Why are you so determined to use Asterisk in a VM? You're asking for trouble. Asterisk belongs on dedicated hardware. We're just trying to help -- but if you insist on running Asterisk in a VM, then you're on your own. That's not a risk I'd want to take. -Stephen- _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
