Redhat has released development versions of it’s new virtualization system that is targeting KVM and Xen. You can check out the web-based GUI goodness at http://ovirt.org An article about it here: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13556_3-9973661-61.html?hhTest=1 And this guy gets that KVM IS a hypervisor. There is some intelligent life out there… It is interesting for sure, especially ...Read More
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I am asked from time to time for my opinion on virtualization platforms. First, I’ll give it to you in a nutshell – KVM is the platform I use.For more, read on…
In the other articles, I try to go into detail on the hows and whys. Here, I am just going to give you the steps to get started: Install Ubuntu Server 8.04 as a KVM Virtualization Host – Install Ubuntu 8.04 Server, and at the end, select the option to install OpenSSH Server – Reboot, ...Read More
I noticed two things with KVM today while doing performance and provisioning tests. Virtio should be used with Intel NICs (or, not with Broadcoms, and not in my configuration), and Windows installs and works with ACPI on, and with multiple processors. Read on for the details: