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VMFS-3, How Do I Despise Thee

Sounds bad... How about Red Hat's new stuff?A nasty experience... Have a glass of fine cognac to recover. No ice (the horror!), no mixing barbaric, at the perfect temperature of 18 degrees Celsius. Cheers. :-)How about Red Hat's new virtualization stuff in RHEL 5.4? Is that a better alternative?http://blogs.zdnet.com/virtualization/?p=1234Salut, Pjotr.RE:...

Tags: Virtualization, OPEN SOURCE, Servers, UNIX, Operating systems, KVM, VMFS-3, vSphere, VMware Inc., RHEL 5.4, Red Hat Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-04

Red Hat's KVM-based virtualization platform moves into beta testing

It was a big day for Xen and a big day for the other open source virtualizatio hypervisor as well. Red Hat's KVM-based virtualization platform -- including a standalone hypervisor,  virtualization manager for servers and virtualization manager for the desktop -- moved into beta testing on Tuesday....

Tags: Hypervisor, Red Hat Inc., Xen, KVM, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Open Source, Hardware, Storage, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-06-16

Citrix ships free XenServer to fend off Vmware, Hyper-V and KVM

In a move designed to accelerate uptake of its open source virtualization platform, Citrix announced today worldwide availability of its free enterprise ready open source XenServer. The Ft Lauderdale company announced it February it would make XenServer software with hypervisor as well as features and functionality and...

Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, VMware Inc., Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, XenServer, KVM, Open Source, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-03-30

Red Hat's KVM play should give Citrix and VMware pause

When I heard last week that Microsoft and Red Hat would cooperate on Xen virtualization, I knew the Linux leader's long awaited KVM strategy would be right around the corner. It's no secret that Red Hat has chosen KVM in the Linux kernel over Xen as...

Tags: Red Hat Inc., Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, VMware Inc., KVM, Virtualization, Linux, Open Source, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-02-24

Red Hat and Citrix ratchet up open source virtualization relevancy

The open source hypervisor landscape got a lot more interesting today after the latest announcements from Red Hat and Citrix. Both were shots across the bow of VMware’s juggernaut, but Red Hat’s volley may have overshot and struck Xen.org in the stern. Citrix, the flag bearer for...

Tags: Hypervisor, Red Hat Inc., Open Source, Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, KVM, Virtualization, Hardware, James Staten

Blog posts 2009-02-23

Virtualization: The race is on to corner the market

Virtualization: The race is on to corner the marketYou're a bit wrong about RedHatKVM isn't just in the kernel distributed by RedHat it's been folded into the official Linux kernel so what RedHat is doing is extending and adding control software above what is already present in the standard kernel.In...

Tags: cloud computing, OPEN SOURCE, Storage management, Utility computing, Red Hat Inc., kernel, virtualization, KVM

Discussion threads 2008-09-20

Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.0

Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.0Re: How else are they supposed to measure it?How about a survey ?That's a good questionIt would seem that finding a way to allow a neutral, outside party to verify download counts would be a step in the right direction.Dan KHow else are they supposed to measure...

Tags: desktop virtualization, KVM, innotek VirtualBox, Sun xVM, VMware Inc., Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.0, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun xVM VirtualBox

Discussion threads 2008-09-10

Red Hat draws its line in the virtual sand with Qumranet

Red Hat draws its line in the virtual sand with QumranetKVM is solid and cleanA lot of it is marketing, but the technology is excellent and can dominate the virtual desktop. The issue comes down to VDI already being a cost effective product compared to stand alone desktops and...

Tags: Desktops, desktop, Red Hat Inc., Qumranet, KVM

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

If Xen and KVM are free, why do VMware and Microsoft get all of the press?

If Xen and KVM are free, why do VMware and Microsoft get all of the press?Different goals, maybe. Similar imperatives, yes.While the open source community is driven by solving mutual problems and then making the solutions available to everyone, if open source communities hope to make inroads into large organizations,...

Tags: Desktops, Xen, VMware Inc., open-source community, open source, Microsoft Corp., Hyper-V

Discussion threads 2008-07-25

ProxMox 0.9

ProxMox KVM/OpenVZ Virtualization Distro by Jason Perlow

Tags: Jason Perlow, virtualization, kvm, openvz, containers

Image galleries 2008-06-24

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

Qumranet builds proprietary desktop on open source kernel

At Demo07 Qumranet announced Solid ICE, a proprietary desktop virtualization system built on the kernel-based virtual machine KVM built into Linux 2.6.20. Qumranet also announced a Simple Protocol for Integrated Computing Environments SPICE, a connection protocol for linking devices within a virtualized environment. External interfaces to the system...

Tags: Desktop, Kernel, Virtual Machine, Qumranet, KVM, Benny Schneider, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Open Source, Hardware, Storage, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-09-24

Xen vs. KVM: round 1 bell to ring soon

Xen vs. KVM: round 1 bell to ring soonJudge Kimball rules Novell owns UNIX!Summary judgment...

Tags: KVM, Xen

Discussion threads 2007-08-11

Xen vs. KVM: round 1 bell to ring soon

Industry executives are downplaying concerns about a growing schism between rival open source virtualization factions but a market battle between Xen and KVM appears increasingly likely, and imminent. At the San Francisco, Calif. conference this week, Qumranet, a Santa Clara, Calif-based commercial startup that funds KVM, told ZDNet that the company’s first...

Tags: Linux, Virtualization, Open Source, Xen, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2007-08-10

Motorola, Qumranet Closer To Shipping Mobile, Virtual Linux Products

Motorola is close to releasing its much anticipated, first Linux-based Razr2 V8 handset in the U.S, " said Christy M Wyatt, vice president of ecosystem and market development for Motorola during a LinuxWorld press conference. Showing off her own Linux Razr2, Wyatt was prevented by the company's communications...

Tags: Mobile, Motorola Inc., Qumranet, KVM, Virtualization, Storage Management, Linux, Utility Computing, Open Source, Hardware, Storage, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2007-08-08

Why are there so many open source processing virtualization projects?

Why are there so many open source processing virtualization projects?some nuancesGenerally you are right -- different projects exists because they are from the different classes, implementing different approaches to virtualization.Still, there are some nuances:1. UML is para-virtualization in fact, have nothing in common with OpenVZ (aka partitioning, aka containers). Quick...

Tags: Utility computing, Storage management, UML, open source, KVM, Xen, virtualization, para-virtualization, hardware

Discussion threads 2007-07-19

Why are there so many open source processing virtualization projects?

The virtualization community has been hearing quite a bit about KVM or Kernel-based Virtual Machine since it was included in Version 2.6.20 of the Linux kernel. It was interesting that this technology was included in the kernel relatively shorty after it first emerged while Xen still has not been...

Tags: virtual processing software, virtual machine software

Blog posts 2007-07-19

888.com and Minicom Make a Great Pair

888.com is one of the biggest online gaming sites. 888.com has hundreds of servers to handle its operations. Additionally it has many assorted KVM switches and required a centralized management system that would be compatible with all of them. The challenge was to improve server access, integrate the existing KVM...

Tags: Online Game, Minicom Advanced Systems, 888.com, KVM, Games, Servers, Personal Technology, Hardware

Case studies 2007-05-07

KVM steals virtualization spotlight

KVM steals virtualization spotlightKVM steals virtualization spotlightMore shoddy coding bloating up linux. If it runs in linux you can rest assured that it will segfault just like the rest of linux. Imagine that, trying to boot up another OS in KVM just to have it close on you,...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, KVM, Linux, virtualization

Discussion threads 2007-02-26