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Xen: Open source virtualization software that is used to partition workstations and servers into separate virtual machines, each containing its own copy of an OS. Pronounced "zen," and developed at...; Full Xen Definition >>

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News to know: Office 2007 SP1; Microsoft security; KVM vs. Xen; AMD: Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Mark your calendars: Microsoft to push Office 2007 SP1 on June 16 EIC podcast: SAP; JavaOne; AMD, Microhoo Larry Dignan: Microsoft previews three critical bulletins; two for Office Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft shares...; Tags: Security, Microsoft Office 2007, Xen, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-09
KVM and Xen cofounders engage in war of words: KVM and Xen cofounders engage in war of wordsKVM eh...One has to wander why a company's website that develops a Linux VM runs on Microsoft IIS?http://www.qumranet.com/default.aspor is it only me who is wandering?RE: KVM and Xen cofounders engage in war of wordsGee, What is the big deal? Can we not...; Tags: KVM, Xen; Discussion threads 2008-05-08
KVM and Xen cofounders engage in war of words: Xen cofounder and project lead Ian Pratt said predictions about his virtualization hypervisor's demise to the newer kernel-based virtual machine KVM technology are unfounded, a by-product of his competitors' imaginations. "There's no evidence for it. The Xen community is alive and well. Xen is a true...; Tags: Linux, Hypervisor, Linux Kernel, Xen, KVM, Xen Community, Virtualization, Hardware, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Xen makes it easy to checkpoint, restore, and migrate guest domains: If you've decided to deploy and manage a Xen-based environment, you'll need some detailed instructions and advice on best practices. This sample chapter from Running Xen: A Hands-On Guide to the Art of Virtualization explains what you need to know about checkpointing the state of a guest domain and how...; Tags: Domain, Xen, Prentice Hall Inc., Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage; Book chapters 2008-05-08
The ZEN of PlateSpin: The ZEN of PlateSpinEvery Tao and XenI hope Novell fixes PlateSpin to work with Xen. I spent lots of hours and thousands of dollars trying to get P2V images to Xen. It ain't an easy task. It also rebooted a critical server after the image was unsucessfully transferred.When we contacted...; Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Xen; Discussion threads 2008-03-04

Review: Microsoft's Hyper-V puts VMWare and Linux on notice: Review: Microsoft's Hyper-V puts VMWare and Linux on noticeProven Linux solution VMware Vs MS Windows Garbage HVYou have the rock solid and proven Linux base that is VMWare vs the bug ridden and unreliable Windows base that is Hyper-V. Sorry, but if I'm putting my butt on the line...; Tags: Operating systems, Xen, VMware Inc., Hyper-V, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Linux; Discussion threads 2008-02-14
Review: Microsoft's Hyper-V puts VMWare and Linux on notice: After his last foray into the "Linux guy reviews a Microsoft product" space, Jason Perlow is back -- this time to take a look at Microsoft's Hyper-V, the hypervisor-based virtualization solution built into the newly released Windows Server 2008. Although Hyper-V is still in beta and isn't slated to ship...; Tags: Hypervisor, Disadvantage, Operating System, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Xen, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Virtual Machine, News, VMWare ESX, Hyper-V, Jason Perlow, Virtualization, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Hardware, Software, Storage, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-02-14
Citrix strays far from XenSource's original open source mission: Citrix strays far from XenSource's original open source missionThankfully, XenSource is NOT Xen[url=http://www.xen.org/about/]FYI[/url]Interestingly Zen is not XenIn Novemenber of 2006 the Microsoft Novell marriage forced many of us to re-evaluate where we were going in IT. Zen is one of the Novell products. Another is SUSE Linux which is a...; Tags: Zen, Xen Project, Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, XenSource Inc., XenServer, open source; Discussion threads 2008-02-07
Citrix strays far from XenSource's original open source mission: In 2005, hot new startup XenSource was positioning itself as the open source alternative to VMware and Microsoft Virtual Server. Then came a controversial pact in 2006 between the powers that be at the Palo Alto virtualization software company and Microsoft. The mail goal, XenSource executives...; Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, XenSource Inc., Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Open Source, Hardware, Storage, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-02-07
Xen and Server Consolidation: Enterprises are witnessing a server sprawl as low cost x86 boxes make their way into datacenters. Application provisioning on dedicated servers and provisioning hardware capacity for peak loads have led to unprecedented server proliferation and abysmally low utilization. Virtualization technology has the potential to play a significant role in enabling...; Tags: Provisioning, Xen, Enterprise, Virtualization Technology, Server Consolidation, Virtualization, Servers, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage; White papers 2007-12-20
Getting 10 Gb/s From Xen: Safe and Fast Device Access From Unprivileged Domains: The networking performance available to Virtual Machines VMs can be low due to the inefficiencies of transferring network packets between the host domain and guests. This can limit the application-level performance of VMs on a 10 Gb/s network. To improve network performance, the authors have created a "Virtualization aware" smart...; Tags: Microsoft Access, Performance, Network, Xen, Solarflare Communications, Networking Overhead, Networking; White papers 2007-12-01
Red Hat, Novell race to offer better Windows guest support, Windows Server 2008 virtualization support: Even as rival Novell celebrates an expanded technical collaboration with Microsoft, Red Hat has released a 5.1 update designed to make its Linux a better platform for virtualizing Linux and Windows workloads. The software, released Wednesday, for instance, offers live migration and save/restore support for fully...; Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Novell Inc., Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Inc., Xen, Microsoft Windows, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Linux, Storage Management, Servers, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Storage, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2007-11-08
XenSource: Xen hypervisor made for servers, not OS: In spite of its close partnership with Microsoft, Red Hat and Novell, XenSource's CTO maintains the virtualization hypervisor belongs in server hardware -- not in the operating system. Speaking at Interop in New York, XenSource CTO Simon Crosby said the slim, trim Xen...; Tags: Hypervisor, Operating System, Citrix Systems Inc., OEM, Server, Xen, XenSource Inc., Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2007-10-24
Novell Open Enterprise Server 2, NetWare Services and Xen: I've been following the market for system software for quite some time and have watched Novell's efforts, which include the venerable NetWare and SUSE Linux, with some interest since the 1980s. The company's announcement of Open Enterprise Server 2; an amalgam of one part Linux, one part NetWare services, one...; Tags: Novell Inc., Xen, Novell NetWare, Novell Open Enterprise Server, Operating Systems, Linux, Servers, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2007-10-19
Linux kernel 2.6.23 released with a wee bit of controversy: Linux kernel 2.6.23 released with a wee bit of controversyVelocityWebdevUnfortunately, fragmentation and forking is a reality in any open project. Developers who like to think they can build a better widget may provide a short-term advancement, but ultimately a long-term headache. The CMS community has seen this for...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Storage management, Tools & Techniques, Xen, Linux, virtualization, Linux kernel; Discussion threads 2007-10-10
Linux kernel 2.6.23 released with a wee bit of controversy: Another update of the Linux kernel slipped out this week with a new process scheduler, virtualization options and a wee bit of controversy to boot. Linux 2.6.23, which was released October 9, incorporates a new process scheduler called the Completely Fair Scheduler that gives more CPU horsepower to applications...; Tags: Hoopla, Hypervisor, Linux Kernel, Xen, Kernel, Linux, Virtualization, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Storage Management, Software, Hardware, Storage, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2007-10-10
Deploy virtual machines in Xen: Xen virtual machine deployment is at the heart of Xen's functionality. In this chapter download from Virtualization with Xen: Including XenEnterprise, XenServer, and XenExpress, learn different techniques for provisioning XenVMs. Chapter coverage includes: Workload planning and virtual machine placement Installing modified guests Installing unmodified guests...; Tags: Xen, Virtual Machine, Xen Virtual Machine Deployment, Chapter Coverage; Book chapters 2007-09-27
A (Linux) use for x86 virtualization?: A Linux use for x86 virtualization?VMware for Linuxis a pretty good product. I tried out Xen a few weeks back. You need to 1) install the Xen hypervisor (NOTE: you must have some pretty expensive processors to do both Windoze and Linux - Opteron) 2) Install the controller software on...; Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Intel x86, Linux, Xen, VMware Inc., virtualization, distro; Discussion threads 2007-09-26
With hardware-based hypervisors, Hitachi says 'ditch software like Xen, VMware': With hardware-based hypervisors, Hitachi says 'ditch software like Xen, VMware'I guess this could have merit, but ONLY if it allows the read-only sharingof the OS, library, and application memory images. There are plenty of reasons to run multiple instance of the same OS, but almost NO reasons to run instances...; Tags: Utility computing, Storage, Operating systems, hypervisor, virtualization, Hitachi Ltd., Xen, VMware Inc., operating system, hardware, software; Discussion threads 2007-09-18
With hardware-based hypervisors, Hitachi says 'ditch software like Xen, VMware': Compared to the likes of other server makers like IBM, HP, Dell, and Sun, Hitachi may not be a household name in the North American market. But this week at the Intel Developer Forum IDF, the North American division of the Japan-based company Hitachi America will be looking to drive...; Tags: Software, Podcast, Blade Server, Hypervisor, Blade, Hitachi Ltd., Server, Xen, VMware Inc., Storage, Podcasts, Blade Servers, Servers, Utility Computing, Hardware, Internet, David Berlind; Blog posts 2007-09-18