It is important to note KVM is actually part of the linux kernel. KVM stands for Kernel Virtual Machine Since it is part of the kernel - it makes running it much more simple.
Unlike Xen and others - (i like xen btw) - you do not need to worry about the kernel on an upgrade killing your ability to do virtulization as much as you would elsewhere.... On Dec 15, 2010, at 3:00 PM, Jon Auer wrote: > RHEL/CentOS/Fedora switched from Xen to KVM > > On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Mike Hammett <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Historically, RHEL\CentOS have used Xen. I'm not sure if any other >> methods are working their way into current releases. >> >> OpenVZ (managed through ProxMox) is a great way to host many >> resource-lite containers. There's only 2 - 3% overhead and they can >> really add up low use servers. If you're not using OpenVZ, I'd probably >> go to VMWare. They have a free version and you can migrate that to the >> paid version when you're ready. The paid version has all the fancy HA >> and load balancing features. >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions >> http://www.ics-il.com >> >> >> >> On 12/15/2010 12:07 PM, Matt wrote: >>>> Great stuff...can't say enough good about VMware and their support. Dell >>>> support has been fantastic too. >>> I think Redhat uses KVM? >>> >>> http://www.redhat.com/virtualization/rhev/server/ >>> >>> Imagine it will work its way into CentOS soon. How does it compare to >>> VMware? >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >>> http://signup.wispa.org/ >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >>> >>> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >>> >>> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ _____________________________________________________________________________________ Glenn Kelley | Principal | HostMedic |www.HostMedic.com Email: [email protected] Pplease don't print this e-mail unless you really need to.
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