08-25-2019, 10:49 PM
(08-24-2019, 01:45 PM)Hidden Refuge Wrote: In my humble opinion every provider still using OpenVZ 6 should be long moving over to either OpenVZ 7 or a different virtualization like KVM, XEN or similar (something that is of course still being maintained and supported). However you as a user should also take precaution and prepare to move over to better solutions. I recommend KVM because hardware virtualization is simply better than software nowadays (my two cents).
Thank you for posting this warning @"Hidden Refuge". Brilliant post as per usual and also very thought provoking. So I guess it's important that we check for the version of OpenVZ of the VPSs below that are marked in red. How would we check for whether the VPS Virtualization is OpenVZ 6 or 7? Can you help with the Linux commands one would use to check this out?
BTW I've found that all of the new VPSs we've been getting off late have been KVM. Maybe this is a trend in the industry, new hosts in the business aren't using OpenVZ as they used to. If you can help with how one tests for this, I can also test my OpenVZ with HostUS.
Quote:VPS 1 - KVM
VPS 2 - KVM
VPS 3 - OpenVZ [checked: ABC-Hosters is on 6 but are planning to switch to OpenVZ 7 or completely change to KVM - most hosts I think are aware of the need and urgency to do this]
VPS 4 - KVM
VPS 5 - KVM
VPS 6 - KVM
VPS 7 - OpenVZ [discontinued plan]
VPS 8 - Xen HVM
VPS 9 - OpenVZ] [checked: on vulnerable kernel - so far looks as though host is on KVM for new VPSs - will do further checks]
VPS 10 - KVM
VPS 11 - OpenVZ [checked: on vulnerable kernel - will do further checks]
VPS 12 - OpenVZ [checked: on vulnerable kernel - will do further checks]
VPS 13 - KVM
VPS 14 - KVM
VPS 17 - KVM
VPS 18 - KVM
OK, I did some research. I loaded Virt-what to my VPS, and then was disappointed as it only shows the Virtualization, not the version.
However, when I used
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uname -aI guess one can check this way for any of the other VPSs as well.