Red Hat goes to Beta with it’s KVM based Virtualization platform. KVM is a module for Linux that turns the Linux kernel into a Hypervisor. It is already used in many deployments around the world. I am currently a heavy implementer of it, utilizing the Proxmox Linux distribution, which is a complete Linux installation customized for virtualization.
Red Hat’s move to KVM will bring Linux based virtualization into the mainstream, and further the march towards a commodity hypervisor. The management tools will be the difference maker, and Red Hat’s new platform will include all the capabilities you would expect from an Enterprise grade virtualization infrastructure, including, among other things, live migration, snapshots, system scheduler, power and image managers, comprehensive monitoring, reporting. But the difference here, it’s all open source.