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[KMyers]

Hello,
I am just wondering if anyone has tried to set up a VPS Environment on the Amazon Cloud?

[larry2148]

I have no experience with it but my guess is that it would not work. Especially if you consider the access speed and some of the underlying work that hypervm/xen/openvz do with modifying files/permissions/partitions. Certainly post back if you find anything to the contrary, I'd be very interested to find out also!

[eming]

we've tested openVZ on Xen, and that does work...

[West-Wire]

tested on vps.net or EC2?

[blessen]

Originally Posted by West-Wire

tested on vps.net or EC2?

I think he meant that he has tested it on VPS.net, not sure though.

[eming]

sorry - yes, we've successfully setup openVZ on the VPS.NET XEN based cloud system. After a bit of messing about it work's just fine.


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[astutiumRob]

Originally Posted by eming

successfully setup openVZ on XEN

It works after-a-fashion because of XenServer's kernel separation but the performance hit is astounding for the "end" VPS - it's like moving back to a 286 PC ...