[Gllug] performance of xen dom0 vs native linux

[Nahuel Marisi]

2009/5/10 Richard Jones <rich at annexia.org>

> On Sat, May 09, 2009 at 03:23:12PM +0100, Nahuel Marisi wrote:
> > In the case of using hardware acceleration for OS that cannot be
> > para-virtualised, is KVM considered
> > faster than Xen on HVM mode?
>
> They both work the same way, and both are going to be pretty horrible.
>
> Availability and maturity of PV drivers is certainly an issue.  The
> ones for Xen have been around for much longer, are available in more
> variants for more operating systems, and are more mature.  So when
> choosing between Xen and KVM you really do need to look at whether PV
> (Xen or virtio) drivers are available, and how well they work.
>
> Rich.
>


Concise and to the point. Thanks Rich, will have a look at KVM virtio
drivers.
any good and simple  ways of measuring performance ?



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