[Users] Opinions and experience of Openvz

[Roberto Mello]

On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Pablo Silva <psilvao at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Colleagues, I would like to know your experience using openvz, my boss
> tells me that if we use openvz, when you upgrade from Centos 6.x, we lose
> the openvz kernel and leave offline multiple virtual machines. Exists this
> risk?, As you have faced, or is a valid opinion but that has not happened in
> practice?

OpenVZ depends on a particularly patched kernel. You can upgrade from
whatever you want to whatever you want, as long as you use a patched
kernel and appropriate userland tools.

The risk is the same with ANY virtualization technology on the market.

Roberto