Submitted by KVM, a new virtualization technology that lets Linux computers run multiple operating systems simultaneously, has won a significant endorsement from Red Hat. Red Hat, the dominant Linux seller, will include KVM in the next version of its hobbyist Linux version, Fedora, Chief Technology Officer Brian Stevens said Tuesday. “We’re packaging it for Fedora 7,” Stevens said.
I like that description of Fedora. But it makes my servers feel a little inferior.
I think a fairly short article just clarifying all the types of virtualization and the pros/cons would be a big help for me.
Virtualization, hypervisors, para-virtualization, KVM, Xen, Qemu, KQemu, VMWare, Parallels, etc, etc
I’m starting to get fuzzy. Help me out O great contributors!
http://virt.kernelnewbies.org/
There are two links, “technology overview” and “technology comparison”, that are probably what you are looking for.
From the homepage, “This wiki is dedicated to documenting the different virtualization technologies available in Linux, including an overview of the way each virtualization technology works, how to get started, where to get involved with development, etc…”
Site is maintained by kernel hacker Rik Van Riel.
… is packaging something for Fedora a “significant endorsement”?
When Redhat decided they needed to get people back from Ubuntu
I wasn’t aware a Keyboard, Video and Mouse switch was a ‘new technology’ – at least that’s what I think of when I hear the term. Not quite ‘virtualization’
Oh, Kernel Virtual Machine – gee, wonder if that choice was coincidental or intentional.
KVM is now supported by libvirt and virtman, this means you can use the same tools to setup your KVM virtual machine as you do for your Xen VM (and pretty much every other VM technology). Red Hat also invested significant development time in the VM arena both in the kernel tools and the userspace tools.