Re: ldom question

* Scarlett <[email protected]> [2015-04-07 19:32]:
> On 07/04/2015 15:12, Jeremiah Ford wrote:
> >My last question, a perhaps less constructive one, why isn't this more widely used?  There are so many people running OpenBSD on Linux KVM, I would think that this is the solution they have been looking for.
> >Thanks again, already read the manual for ldomctl, plan on finishing reading Sun's docs next.
> Lack of mindshare is the primary reason.

Well. The sparc64 ldoms are dog slow compared to the usual amd64
virtualization options, with a comparable power budget and hardware
cost rather much higher than lower. I wish it was different :(

The static config requiring a host/dom0/$preferred_nomenclature reboot
to reassign CPUs etc is also hindering - but the above really is the
killer.

> For most cheap VPS providers Linux is considered the primary target, with
> the exception of a few like RootBSD, where FreeBSD is the focus. It'd be
> nice if there was someone providing OpenBSD-backed SPARC64, though.

We use ldoms for some services internally, writing the systems
integration for automatic config/deployment, start/stop, console access
etc never made sense from the business PoV.

<shameless plug>
if you really want a sparc64 ldom, poke me and I'm sure we can work
sth out.
</shameless plug>

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