[Noisebridge-discuss] Virtualization resources

[Andy Isaacson]

On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 01:34:11PM -0700, Dr. Jesus wrote:
> [X] I have concrete and immediate needs which this would satisfy.
> (Please elaborate.)

I have a few services I'd like to run that I would prefer to isolate as
much as possible.  Each of them needs a small container to run in
(around 100 MB, anywhere from 1GB to 10GB of disk, and from 10
CPU-minutes per day to 1 CPU-hour per day).  Some of them are
network-intensive -- if one is a Tor node, up to 5MB/sec of traffic
sustained (although it's rate-limitable and can be cranked down as far
as 100 kbyte/sec sustained while remaining useful), so free or cheap
bandwidth would be a huge plus.

> [X] I would need Linux VMs (xen, vmware, kvm, etc.)

I understand the VM space pretty well and am comfortable with it, so
Xen/kvm is my default answer.  I'll be able to contribute to design and
maintenance of such a configuration.

> [ ] I would need Linux containers (openvz, linux-vserver, etc.)

I don't have much interest in learning about containers, but if someone
else is willing to maintain the infrastructure and make it easy to
containerize I can probably be convinced that some of the lower-resource
services could be containerized.  I'm pretty sure that containers are a
poor match to at least a few of the services in question though.

> [ ] I would need something weird like DOS, OS/2, plan9, SCO, etc. (Please elaborate.)

I *would* like to help put more bizarre systems on the Internet, so
Jake's Plan9 idea sounds like a blast.

> [ ] I have my own virt boxes and would like to make them available.

I am planning to build and colo a Xen/kvm virt box within the next 3
months, but I was *originally* planning to have it done by May and,
well, ...  once it's done there will be NB stuff on it, but don't wait
for me.

-and.y