Re: [ovirt-users] newbee questions

On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 08:43:40AM +0200, John Smith wrote: > On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 1:45 AM, Itamar Heim <iheim(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: >> On 05/13/2014 05:22 AM, Sven Kieske wrote: >>> >>> Am 13.05.2014 11:12, schrieb Dan Kenigsberg: >>>> >>>> If you are planning to run only a couple of VMs on a single laptop, >>>> going to basics and using qemu/libvirt directly, or gnome-boxes, would >>>> make sense. >>>> >>>> If you plan to manage a multitude of hosts, then the benefits of oVirt >>>> comes to play. >>> >>> >>> In the long run, it would be a huge achievement to utilize ovirt >>> even for little vm workloads, especially if you want to compete >>> with vmware. >>> >>> I know "one size never fits all" but I guess ovirt could very well >>> be improved for single host management as well. >>> >> >> single host management is not the same as roaming laptop with wireless... >> all-in-one and hosted engine should provide a decent solution for single >> host management - what are the gaps? >> > > For what it's worth: my system is not a roaming laptop. it's a fairly > big desktop system that has a wireless interface. so in my case i > think we might still be talking about 'single host management'. The > reason i have wireless adapters in my desktops as well is because i > couldnt easily wire the entire house. Perhaps these days, this is not > such an uncommon configuration as you might think, and wireless is no > longer only common in portable or laptop systems but in desktops as > well. > > Anyway, I just wanted to try out this enterprise grade/level > virtualization stack on a single node, just to see how it works and > where the good/bad points are. Other people might want to try this for > similar purposes, kick the tires a bit before a full blown formal > multi host pilot is attempted. The 'All-In-One' installation/setup is > meant to address that; i was hoping it would be a good fit for me as > well. I still hope that it would, despite the need to tweak and hack it a bit, and we'd be here to help.