Get Paid to Participate     Twitter     Facebook     Google+
Hosting Discussion
 

forgot password?


Reply


Old
  Post #1 (permalink)   02-19-2008, 12:32 PM
HD Newbie
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 10

Status: Alvin M. is offline
Is it possible to different types of OS on different VPS hosted on the same main server? and virtualization is based on hardware level?
 
 
 


Old
  Post #2 (permalink)   02-20-2008, 03:29 PM
HD Addict
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 137

Status: Dougy is offline
Lots of that varies. Some VPS's are emulated at software level, others at hardware.

You can run nearly any Linux distrobution on Xen and OpenVZ, you can run Windows and Linux on VMWare and Virtuozzo.
__________________
simplywww: mmmmm, directadmin goodness
 
 
 


Old
  Post #3 (permalink)   03-26-2008, 06:06 AM
HD Newbie
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 14

Status: vpster is offline
This is possible but not recommended.
__________________
JustGotVPS.com - Excellent Service Excellent Prices!
 
 
 


Old
  Post #4 (permalink)   03-26-2008, 02:44 PM
HD Newbie
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 8

Status: dsims72 is offline
I think this is possible with Xen, but I'm not sure. I don't think it would be recommended by any providers either.
 
 
 


Old
  Post #5 (permalink)   03-26-2008, 04:29 PM
HD Newbie
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: UK
Posts: 13

Status: blueroomhosting is offline
Do you mean that you want to run just one virtualization technology (such as Xen, VMWare or KVM) but have the virtual guests run different OSes? If that is the case then certainly, this is one of the core benefits of virtualization. Each VPS is isolated after all, so what one is running should not affect any of the others.

On the other hand if you wish to run multiple virtualization technologies such as Xen and VMWare together they would almost certainly get in each others' way, and more to the point this doesn't seem to be a very sane thing to want to do.

Having said that you might be able to get away with mixing para-virtualization and hardware based virtualization as para-virtualization is an OS level technique, not a hardware technique. It is perfectly possible to run KVM on a machine running an OpenVZ capable kernel. I have tried this during testing but don't know how stable the combination truly is.

If you could clarify what you want to achieve it would be quite helpful.
__________________
Blue Room Hosting - HA clustered UK VPS
Linux KVM Plans - Multiple OS support. Virtual console and CD drive.
 
 
 


Old
  Post #6 (permalink)   05-18-2008, 08:28 PM
HD Newbie
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 11

Status: creativeVPS is offline
Also,

If you mean that you want to run different distrobutions of Linux eg. run one VPS with CentOS and another with Ubuntu, it's most certainly possbile. It's just not possible to virtualize both Windows and Linux VE's on the same node.
 
 
 


Old
  Post #7 (permalink)   05-18-2008, 11:39 PM
HD Newbie
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 39

Status: ZipServers is offline
I know that Virtuozzo can do it as long as the kernels are the same... i.e. Red Hat / CentOS / FreeBSD, etc..

It's not possible with windows on virtuozzo though.

I think VM Ware is probably still the best for running different flavors.
__________________
ZipServers, Inc.
866-ZIP-HOST / 214-206-1701
sales at zipsupport.com
http://www.ZipServers.com
 
 
 
Reply

Thread Tools

New Post New Post   Old Post Old Post
Posting Rules:
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On
Sponsored By: