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Cloud service providers are showing increased interest in the KVM hypervisor, given Xen's ongoing struggles to keep up with the latest versions of Linux.
Most service providers continue to run Xen which, as a bare-metal hypervisor lends itself to virtual private server deployments, and has a longer track record in the market, but the kernel-based virtual machine (KVM) hypervisor is on their radar -- and KVM support from heavyweights IBM and Red Hat doesn't hurt. Linode, a 15-employee company that operates five data centers between the U.S. and the U.K., has come to rely on automation built in-house around the open More... A software utility meant to attract new users to VKernel's data center capacity management software suite has turned heads among VMware administrators.
Testers say the product outdoes VMware Inc.'s own vCenter data storage reporting features and VKernel Corp.'s own full licensed product, which could ease the pain points of latency for administrators. The StorageVIEW utility is one of three free tools vKernel recently made available for download. Previously released free modules are AppVIEW and CapacityVIEW, which report on the top five most critical virtualized applications selected by an More... |
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Where are Anil Desai's most recent answers to questions? You've come to an archive of Anil Desai's answers, seen on the previous Ask The Expert page. Anil is still answering IT pros' questions about virtualization. Check out his answer page on IT...
My company uses video streaming technologies a great deal. Are there any options for virtualization here? Depending on the performance requirements, front-end web or database engines delivering the video can most likely be virtualized... What are the data deduplication options in server virtualization? Data deduplication in virtualization was highly anticipated soon after VM adoption in the data center. There are numerous options in this space with all of the major... VIRTUALIZATION GLOSSARY
What is root partition?
A root partition is the isolated area in a Microsoft Hyper-V environment where the hypervisor... What is virtualization stack?
A virtualization stack is the collection of resources that, along with the hypervisor... What is parent partition?
A parent partition is a logical hard drive division in the Microsoft Hyper-V environment that... What is child partition?
A child partition is a logical hard drive division in the Microsoft Hyper-V environment that... In a Citrix XenServer, a physical block device is a connector object that represents the interface between a physical...
SERVER VIRTUALIZATION TIPS
Citrix Systems released XenServer 5.6 this spring, incorporating several new management features and offering four... Virtualization management ensures that your new virtualization implementation will meet your organization's...
In virtualization circles, there is a heated war between iSCSI partisans and Fibre Channel storage area network (SAN... I'm a big fan of Hyper-V but not its underlying clustering technology. The Windows Failover Clustering architecture was... VMware Solution Center
A sagging economy and shrinking job market are often a wake-up call to reassess skill sets. Experts say IT pros should stay on top of new virtualization technologies and the shift to...
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Nov 23, 2008
New York-based Interactive One LLC, the digital division of the radio network Radio One, has abandoned the Xen-based virtualization included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and...
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Oct 28, 2008
Want to consolidate in the server room, but not sure if virtualization is right for your shop? Are you considering investing in blade servers, but want to make sure you will get the...
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