Server virtualization goes mainstream
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| "Server virtualization moved from a niche Unix technology to mainstream
| use in x86 servers in many firms in 2005," reads the report released
| this month. "As a result server virtualization market leader VMware
| has to compete with Microsoft's Virtual Server product and the Xen
| open source virtualization technology."
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/021207-server-virtualization.html?page=2
Windows lags behind in that respect, which is nothing out of the ordinary.
The next version of Windows (out in late 2009 at the very earlist) will
catch up with Linux KVM.
Related:
First and Ten: Linux 2.6.20 Kernel Goes Virtual
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| "Xen is a true hypervisor, whereas KVM is a legacy virtualization
| solution akin to VMware Workstation, VMserver and Microsoft
| Virtual PC," Pratt told internetnews.com. "It lacks the benefits
| of para-virtualization performance enhancements that have been
| pioneered by Xen and are now being copied by VMware and Microsoft."
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http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3658001
lguest: Spartan virtualization for Linux
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| Dijkstra said, "Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability," but
| really, a virtualization system in 6,000 lines of code?
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/013107-kernel.html
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