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May 5, 2011  10:56 AM

Red Hat to improve VM conversion tools



Posted by: AlyssaWood
KVM, P2V, Red Hat, Xen

BOSTON -- By nature, virtual machines (VMs) are movers and shakers. The tools in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 perform the essential tasks of virtual-to-virtual (V2V) conversions,...

April 30, 2010  5:46 PM

Xen vs. KVM: The battle lines are drawn



Posted by: Colin Steele
Citrix, Colin Steele, KVM, Novell, Oracle, Red Hat, Xen

In case you missed it, News Director Alex Barrett has a very interesting story up on our sister site SearchEnterpriseLinux.com. It's about the Linux community and what she calls its "mass...


January 15, 2010  8:58 PM

Xen 4.0 Release Candidate available



Posted by: Colin Steele
Citrix XenServer, Colin Steele, KVM, Oracle VM, Xen

Xen.org posted the Xen 4.0 Release Candidate this week, and the new hypervisor code should be finalized by the end of next month. Xen 4.0...


May 5, 2009  7:38 PM

Get virtual with Sid Smith



Posted by: Colin Steele
Colin Steele, Microsoft Hyper-V, server virtualization, VMware, vSphere, Xen

Looking for another expert perspective on server virtualization? Sid Smith, who runs the Daily Hypervisor, now has a new blog here on IT Knowledge Exchange.


March 4, 2009  7:57 PM

Oracle beefs up virtualization offering with management capabilities



Posted by: Bridget Botelho
Microsoft Hyper-V, Oracle Enterprise Manager, Oracle VM, server virtualization, VMware, Xen

I have to admit that I have been less than kind when it comes to Oracle's virtualization software and licensing policies; I've written articles about their stubborn

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August 28, 2008  7:44 AM

Xen version 3.3 enhances performance, scalability to open source hypervisor



Posted by: Bridget Botelho
Citrix XenServer, Embedded Virtualization, hardware, Intel, Open source, Oracle VM, Servers, Sun xVM, Virtual machine, Virtualization platforms, Xen, XenSource

Xen.org announced the release of a new version of the project's open source hypervisor, Xen 3.3 today, with enhancements to security, performance and scalability. Xen logo


August 4, 2008  7:54 AM

Optimizing operating systems for virtual hosts



Posted by: Eric Siebert
Eric Siebert, Microsoft Hyper-V, Microsoft Virtual Server, Virtual machine, Virtualization, Virtualization strategies, VMware, Xen

By eliminating wasteful resource use on your host servers, you can make more resources available for additional virtual machines.

Most operating systems today have been developed to run on physical servers in non-virtual...


July 14, 2008  4:46 AM

When not to treat VMs like physical servers



Posted by: Eric Siebert
Eric Siebert, Microsoft Hyper-V, Microsoft Virtual Server, Virtual machine, Virtualization, Virtualization management, VMware, Xen


June 10, 2008  1:36 PM

Performance management’s next frontier



Posted by: Lauren Horwitz
Virtual machine, Virtualization, Virtualization Log, Virtualization management, VMware, Xen, XenSource

Megan Santosus is a features writer for SearchServerVirtualization.com. VMware Inc.’s recent acquisition of B-hive Networks is indicative of just how much of a wrench virtualization...


June 10, 2008  7:38 AM

Symantec, Citrix take on VMware with block storage management product



Posted by: SAS70ExPERT
Citrix XenServer, Microsoft Hyper-V, Product announcements, Storage, Symantec, Virtualization platforms, VMware, Xen

On Monday, June 9, Symantec Corp. of Cupterino, Calif., announced the release of Veritas Virtual Infrastructure (VxVI), a server and storage virtualization product built on