[Gllug] performance of xen dom0 vs native linux

[Richard Jones]

On Sat, May 09, 2009 at 08:09:07AM +0100, James Laver wrote:
> On 8 May 2009, at 23:50, John Hearns wrote:
> 
> > ps. Looks like there is a lot of interest in virtualization.
> >
> > If there's interest, I could invite a speaker to GLLUG on the only
> > virtualization product which uses Intel VT-d. Can't say if they'll
> > come along and speak, but is there interest?
> > I can say that the product works!
> 
> I'd be interested. However, VT isn't the be-all and end-all. It'll  
> speed up windows hosts a lot, but every Xen person I've spoken to  
> claims speed losses versus cooperative kernels.

John is talking about VT-d which virtualizes peripherals like PCI
devices.

Rich.

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