Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 16th Feb 2007 20:58 UTC, submitted by Rahul
Red Hat 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.
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"hobbyist Linux version"
by areimann on Fri 16th Feb 2007 21:36 UTC
areimann
Member since:
2006-06-12

I like that description of Fedora. But it makes my servers feel a little inferior.

:)

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fretinator
Member since:
2005-07-06

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!

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bryanw Member since:
2006-12-11

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.

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v Since when...
by stuhood on Sat 17th Feb 2007 00:53 UTC
RE: Since when...
by Marquis on Sat 17th Feb 2007 01:26 UTC in reply to "Since when..."
Marquis Member since:
2007-01-22

When Redhat decided they needed to get people back from Ubuntu ;)

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Huh
by deathshadow on Sun 18th Feb 2007 05:16 UTC
deathshadow
Member since:
2005-07-12

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.

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not just packaged
by Lovechild on Sun 18th Feb 2007 10:27 UTC
Lovechild
Member since:
2005-06-29

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.

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