[wplug-internet] Migrating WPLUG.org to KVM

[Joe Prostko]

On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 8:55 PM, Vance Kochenderfer <vance at happylemur.com>
wrote:
>
> Joe Prostko wrote:
>>
>> Should we plan on migrating over to the KVM soon?  Like I mentioned, it
>> is a pretty pain-free process other than a short amount of downtime.
>
> Sounds good to me.  Our previous (CentOS 5) server was auto-migrated
> from User Mode Linux to Xen with no problem, but it makes sense to do
> this on our timetable.
>
> The performance boost is nice but we're barely using any resources as it
> is.

Quite true, but any bit helps, I suppose.

> I'd say go ahead and do it once you're comfortable with it.  The
> discussion on the Linode forum might identify any potential gotchas.
> <https://forum.linode.com/viewforum.php?f=26>  Sounds like kernel/GRUB
> boot setups are the main issue.

I've migrated several servers over now without any problems.  Basically,
the larger the instance, the longer it takes to migrate, as it has to
shuffle the data around.  Ours should go pretty fast.  I'll try to take
care of it in the early AM since I'll likely be up anyway working on some
other things.

- joe
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