<div dir="ltr">I'll bite, as the sys admin in the room I am particularly interested in what the discussion points were. For example I'll be the first to admit KVM and Xen bridged mode can quickly become painful with LACP, VLAN's and Bridging all needing their on config. On the other hand the VMWare teaming has never been a highlight for me (No active-active?).<div>
<br></div><div>I wonder if this is more a question of "which vswitch / SDN" versus "which hypervisor"</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Sam</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 11:00 PM, Jacob Gardiner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jacob@jacobgardiner.com" target="_blank">jacob@jacobgardiner.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">I think the important thing you need to consider when having these discussions is the end result, what exactly are you looking for when you're deciding what tech to use?<div><br></div><div>If you're looking for short-life VMs to run tests and then have them quickly deleted when their lifespan is over? Maybe you should consider container based virtualisation (openvz or docker esq). </div>
<div>Are you after complete orchestration with things like HA or FT out of the box? Then maybe something like VMWare's vcenter that manages your storage in addition to scheduling is what you're after. </div><div>
Is performance important? Then consider paravirtual guests over a fully emulated guest. (down the Xen or KVM path)</div>
<div><br></div><div>There's plenty of orchestration pieces out there too and they can vary quite dramatically in cost, A cost which you might quickly sink into man hours if you don't think about management as well as functionality. </div>
<div><br></div><div>There's no right or wrong answer, I've used them all in different situations.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On 19 May 2014 12:14, ANSA SERVERS <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:info@ausnetservers.net.au" target="_blank">info@ausnetservers.net.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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