From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Evert Subject: Re: KVM + virt-manager: which is the perfect host Linux distro? Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:15:30 +0100 Message-ID: <49CBD452.5080205@poboxes.info> References: <49CBC961.1010305@poboxes.info> <49CBD0F5.80900@wpkg.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: kvm@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from mail.poboxes.info ([93.184.113.14]:59773 "EHLO mail.poboxes.info" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932176AbZCZTPi (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:15:38 -0400 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (pc-evert.meulie.net [192.168.24.24]) (Authenticated sender: evert@local.meulie.net) by mail.poboxes.info (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 8DC877B3A1A for ; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:15:34 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <49CBD0F5.80900@wpkg.org> Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: > Evert schrieb: >> Hi all, >> >> I am about to install a new host system, which will be hosting various >> guest systems by means of KVM & virt-manager for GUI. >> >> What would be the best choice for host OS distro? Red Hat, or will any >> mature Linux distro do? >> Personally I am more of a Gentoo guy, but if there is 1 distro which >> is clearly better as host OS when it comes to KVM+virt-manager, I am >> willing to use something else... ;-) > > Did you try this one: > > http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Main_Page > > It's Debian based and have everything you need for virtualisation > already prepared. > To my knowledge Proxmox does not support software RAID ( http://www.linux-kvm.com/content/kvm-83-released-support-amd-iommu-qemu-svn-merge ), unless you configure that manually... Otherwise Proxmox is promising, yes... Can I conclude from that that Debian is the best host distro to go for? Better than Red Hat & Gentoo? Regards, Evert