[mythtv-users] Virtualisation in the home network -- ready for mainstream?

[Jon Whitear]

On 03/09/2009, at 6:08 AM, Raymond Wagner <> wrote:

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> Step back, and think about what you actually want.  Do you just want
> these services in a separate file space for easier management?  Do you
> want these services partitioned off from the rest of the system for
> security and stability?

I want to be able to run pre-packaged appliances such as TrixBox so  
that things "just work". For example Gentoo's Asterisk build doesn't  
support IMAP mailboxes properly - I'm assuming that an appliance will  
(if it says it will). I also want to ease system maintenance e.g.  
Upgrading my Mythbuntu VM should have no impact on my Trixbox VM.

> Do you want to be able to migrate these images
> between different hardware (while live?)?  Do you want to run these
> services on a different OS (or kernel version)?

Different hardware? No. Different OS? Yes, as above.

> If you want better isolation for your services, look
> into vservers, which each have their own memory space and network
> address, in addition to a chrooted
>

Vservers use a common kernel, so won't really do what I want.

Thanks for the input. It does seem that virtualization is the current  
buzzword but in this instance I think it is the right approach to  
achieve what I'm trying to do.

Cheers,

Jon
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