<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>We use Citrix XenServer with NFS and haven't gotten any kernel panics. We don't do a lot of snapshots, though. We're mostly using CentOS 6.<div>Scott<br><br><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Chuck Payne" <terrorpup@gmail.com><br><b>To: </b>"Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale@ale.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, July 13, 2012 11:37:39 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [ale] Citrix Xen<br><br>On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Brian MacLeod <nym.bnm@gmail.com> wrote:<br>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----<br>> Hash: SHA256<br>><br>> On 7/13/12 10:40 AM, Chuck Payne wrote:<br>>> Guys,<br>>><br>>> Anyone using Citirix Xen? I just started a new job and they are<br>>> using it as their Virtual Server, but I am seeing a lot of issues,<br>>> before I go and recommend a change, I like to hear some feed back,<br>>> but Pro and Con. I am a bit basis as I have use VMWare ESXi and<br>>> KVM.<br>>><br>>> Just so note some of the issues we had so far, lots of kernel<br>>> panics with NFS. Virtual Machines being rebuild because of issues<br>>> with the vm themselves, such as drives going bad. Not being able<br>>> to reboot<br>>><br>><br>><br>> Kernel panics with NFS? That may or may not be Xen issues. These<br>> wouldn't by chance be RHEL/CentOS 5 boxes using (or trying to use)<br>> NFS4 would they?<br>><br>> (and for all the questions that will cause)<br>><br>> If so, yeah...don't do that. Especially NFS root filesystems.<br>><br>> Brian<br>><br>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----<br>> Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.17 (Darwin)<br>> Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/<br>><br>> iQE4BAEBCAAiBQJQAD3SGxhoa3A6Ly9rZXlzZXJ2ZXIudWJ1bnR1LmNvbQAKCRD5<br>> XCJY/q4Y6MFSB/95V4+1zZLOdXf7LvYdG4dLnDzrHGKw0Wf2F7rs0Zj6F7OzTFA6<br>> B10xj/EN5PH3tqRJX8cSDcK22RIPMmOvtpV1583Uizd7Sju+V0kLfcGWHig+5m4c<br>> vlZMdL8s6e6EmiiIXQaimj6H9ldPZ+XE7mYUBLwk8vi7Rxn/B/yMETMSNRpbs0/X<br>> ZaJrynD55B9OvRXX01uaXPsoS/g423GY9nVP1S1a1av8e7TnlX4tTh4qtlAX9pk1<br>> Qkd0tx5/qBDPVsBrQdb32l/cv6cRnzjqKec5pWMz7sPhoznxrxiJfoXowCLQtHWD<br>> F28Y2DkwFkodtyQEjIB3xe8LD+QL9mlbmKA2<br>> =rMJl<br>> -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Ale mailing list<br>> Ale@ale.org<br>> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale<br>> See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br>> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo<br><br>Well we are doing snapshots, we think that might be related to the<br>kernel panic on NFS. The other issue might be related to EXT4 and<br>Xen.<br><br>-- <br>Terror PUP a.k.a<br>Chuck "PUP" Payne<br><br><span><span id="gc-number-2" class="gc-cs-link" title="Call with Google Voice">(678) 636-9678</span></span><br>-----------------------------------------<br>Discover it! Enjoy it! Share it! openSUSE Linux.<br>-----------------------------------------<br>openSUSE -- en.opensuse.org/User:Terrorpup<br>openSUSE Ambassador/openSUSE Member<br>Community Manager -- Southeast Linux Foundation (SELF)<br>skype,twiiter,identica,friendfeed -- terrorpup<br>freenode(irc) --terrorpup/lupinstein<br>Register Linux Userid: 155363<br><br>Have you tried SUSE Studio? Need to create a Live CD, an app you want<br>to package and distribute , or create your own linux distro. Give SUSE<br>Studio a try. www.susestudio.com.<br>See you at Southeast Linux Fest, June 8-10, 2012 in Charlotte, NC.<br>www.southeastlinuxfest.org<br>_______________________________________________<br>Ale mailing list<br>Ale@ale.org<br>http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale<br>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br>http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo<br></div><br></div></div></body></html>