Paravirtualization Dead? I Didn't Know It Was Sick
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| Companies that use the paravirtualization method, such as XenSource, may need
| to alter their code significantly to adjust for the obsolescence of MMU PV.
| KVM, which is currently a part of the mainline Linux kernel, uses a different
| technique (full virtualization) and isn't affected.
|
| Kivity told me that KVM can easily be configured to use or ignore
| hardware-based MMU, depending EPT/NPT availability on the installed platform.
|
| So, statement explained. Head swimming, I'll try to focus on other, less
| complicated things now. Like world peace.
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http://blog.linuxtoday.com/blog/2008/04/paravirtualizat.html
Recent:
Ubuntu picks KVM over Xen for virtualization
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| KVM will be built into Ubuntu's next version, called Hardy Heron and due in
| April. "For the Hardy Heron release, we've really picked up the
| virtualization ball. Virtualization is making its way into data centers and
| onto developer workstations everywhere. Even 'regular' users are using it to
| run Ubuntu on Mac OS X all the time," Hansen said. "Virtualization has been
| on our agenda for a long time, but it became a top priority at UDS (Ubuntu
| Developer Summit) in November. We could see that demand for it was growing."
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http://www.news.com/8301-13580_3-9867657-39.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Related:
Linux Embraces KVM Virtualization
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| Qumranet says the difference between Xen and KVM is that Xen is an external
| hypervisor that assumes control of the machines and divides resources among
| guests while KVM is part of Linux and uses the regular Linux scheduler and
| memory management. It says it's smaller and simpler to use and sometimes
| faster.
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http://www.sys-con.com/read/341280_p.htm
Virtual Testing - Xen Vs. KVM
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| My first test looks quite promising. I now have an Fedora 8 64-Bit on my PC,
| Fedora 8 64-Bit in Xen, and Fedora 9 Alpha 64-Bit in KVM. The feeling of the
| system in Xen is really good. In KVM it's usable, but it doesn't run really
| smooth. I still have to check the boot-times, also have to compare them with
| the host-system's boot-time, but I think also here Xen should be the winner.
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http://www.nuxified.org/blog/virtual_testing_xen_vs_kvm
Linux Kernel Goes Virtual: A Challenge to Xen?
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| KVM virtualization in Linux 2.6.20 could potentially challenge
| open source virtualization specialist Xen, which has been aiming
| for Linux kernel inclusion for nearly two years. KVM was created
| and is maintained by technology start-up Qumranet.
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http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/article.php/3659196
Qumranet reveals reason for all that KVM work
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| Given how much time and money it had sunk into KVM the Linux-based,
| open-source virtualization project, it's not a surprise that that
| stealth-mode start-up Qumranet was working on virtualization. But until
| Monday, the company refused to say just exactly how.
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http://www.news.com/8301-13580_3-9783918-39.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Increasing Virtualization Insanity
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| For sysadmin types this means: do what you have to do with Xen for now. But
| keep the investments small. For developers this means: don't let yourself be
| tied to a platform. Use an abstraction layer such as libvirt to bridge over
| the differences. For architects this means: don't looking to Xen for answers,
| base your new designs on KVM.
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http://udrepper.livejournal.com/17577.html
Kernel space: KVM virtualization layer progress
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| Linux virtualization frenzy has a new challenger: the
| simplified virtualization technology, KVM, has made it
| into the standard kernel.
|
| [...]
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| Perhaps the most interesting outcome of all this, however, is how KVM is
| gaining momentum as the virtualization approach of choice - at least for
| contemporary and future hardware.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/011607-kernel.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
Virtualization begins to materialize in the Linux kernel
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| Virtualization, the ability to run multiple "virtual" systems on a
| single host, is nearly as old as solid state computing. But it's been
| all the rage again in recent years, with more than a dozen large-scale
| Linux virtualization projects -- and while they require special
| custom kernels, patches, and software, the first steps toward
| OS-level virtualization have been implemented in the Linux kernel.
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http://specialreports.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/12/19/053225&tid=136&tid=91
Linux KVM Virtualization Performance
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| The benefits of KVM are high performance, stable, no modifications
| of the guest operating system are necessary, and a great deal of
| other capabilities (e.g. using the Linux scheduler). Once the Linux
| 2.6.20 kernel is officially out the door we will proceed with a
| greater number of KVM benchmarks in various environments including
| looking at the hardware virtualization performance between AMD and
| Intel.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=623&num=1
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