From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 9 01:08:59 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18DC6106564A for ; Mon, 9 Apr 2012 01:08:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE9798FC0C for ; Mon, 9 Apr 2012 01:08:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id q390oSZn071636; Sun, 8 Apr 2012 20:50:28 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id q390oS9R071635; Sun, 8 Apr 2012 20:50:28 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2012 20:50:28 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister To: Jay West Message-ID: <20120409005028.GB71564@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <000a01cd1595$17fd2970$47f77c50$@net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000a01cd1595$17fd2970$47f77c50$@net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: 'Tony' , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD losing market share? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 01:08:59 -0000 On Sun, Apr 08, 2012 at 09:37:15AM -0500, Jay West wrote: > Tony wrote... > ------------------- > I'm a bit alarmed by the fact that none of the major low-cost Xen VPS-based > hosting providers in the modern web development > scene (Rackspace, > Linode, SliceHost, Webbynode etc.) offer FreeBSD hosting. Sure there are > some that offer dedicated servers like M5 Hosting, RootBSD, Pair etc. but > those are hard to find and ridiculously expensive. > > Why doesn't FreeBSD support Xen? > ------------------- > > One could also ask why Xen doesn't support FreeBSD ;) > > I've been a loyal FreeBSD zealot for decades and I still am. However, I have > to admit, there are two severe shortcomings - not all entirely freebsd's > fault - that keep it out of Xen hosting (and some other high end) > environments. The answer is: > > 1) No true clustered filesystem (GFS for one example). Takes it out of the > running completely for those environments. Hast is a wonderful step in the > right direction, but really not the answer. > 2) Xen - Xen-Tools have not been supported on FreeBSD to this day. Without > it, there's little sense in running FreeBSD in a commercial hosting > environment under XenServer. No live migration, and half the other nice > features aren't available. > > If Xen-tools was supported in FreeBSD, I'm sure you'd see it popping up as a > guest in XenServer hosting providers. Well, guess you and Tony have some work to do then. I expect it will be more than a weekend project for you. ////jerry > > J > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"