Ray, Here's some things to add to your list...
OpenSolaris xVM http://opensolaris.org/os/community/xen/ Logical Domains LDOMs (ie. Sparc virtualization) http://opensolaris.org/os/community/ldoms/ Storage Virtualization using ZFS ZFS with Zones (OpenSolaris Containers) http://opensolaris.org/os/community/zfs/ http://opensolaris.org/os/community/zones/ Network Virtualization http://opensolaris.org/os/project/crossbow/ Cheers, Jim Ray Trygstad wrote: > Hi. > I will be teaching an academic course in Operating System Virtualization in > the spring term of 2008, and I would appreciate any community input or > feedback on my plans for the course. Listed below is my projected topical > syllabus; the course is a lab course, meeting once a week with a 1 hour and > 40 minute lecture and a 1 hour and 40 minute lab. I intend to cover the > entire range of OS virtualization products and methods. Here are my questions > I would appreciate community feedback on regarding my projected syllabus: > > Is there anything I have missed that you believe should be the topic of a two > academic-hour lecture? > Is the emphasis/focus balanced and correct? If not, how would you shift it? > (Please note that as this is an operating system virtualization course, I > will only do one lecture covering both storage and application > virtualization.) > Do you have any other suggestions for me based on this syllabus? > > Topic 1: Introduction to Virtualization > Topic 2: Business Benefits of Virtualization > Topic 3: Virtualization Application Overview > Topic 4: Hypervisors > Topic 5: Virtual Machines > Topic 6: Paravirtualization > Topic 7: Virtual Appliances > Topic 8: Server Virtualization > Topic 9: Deploying Server Virtualization > Topic 10: Desktop Virtualization > Topic 11: Storage & Application Virtualization > Topic 12: Data Center Management with Virtualization > Topic 13: Business Benefits > Topic 14: Security Implications of Virtualization > Topic 15: Project Presentations > > In preparation for this course, I have had a student research group > investigate existing OS virtualization products and technologies; at the same > time this group has been supporting virtualization decisions being made by > Argonne National Lab in DuPage County, Illinois. Here is what we have covered: > SWSoft - all products > VMWare - all products > OpenVZ > UserMode Linx > Kidaro > Citrix XenSource - all products > Virtual Iron > Xen > Parallels Desktop > VServer > Pano Logic > Microsoft - Virtual Server, Virtual PC, Server 2008 > Sun Solaris Containers > QEMU > KVM > MojoPac > > We will be releasing a whitepaper discussing the results of our research and > I will post that information when it goes up. Here are my questions for the > community on this effort: > > In your opinion, have we made any glaring omissions in this list? > Is there any other virtualization product or technology we should cover? > > Finally, I have an appeal for the community: > Is there anything you would be willing or interested in doing to support the > efforts of Illinois Institute of Technology to make this course the best > possible experience for our students? > > Thanks for your kind consideration of this request. > > --Ray > > Ray Trygstad, MSSM / 630.682.6032 > Director of Information Technology, Center for Professional Development > Assistant Director for Information Technology, IIT Rice Campus > Lecturer in Information Technology & Management > Illinois Institute of Technology > www.rice.iit.edu/adit/ > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org -- Jim Walker, http://blogs.sun.com/jwalker Sun Microsystems, Software, Solaris QE x77744, 500 Eldorado Blvd, Broomfield CO 80021 _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
