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An Overview of Virtualization Technology

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the how-to-play-with-your-toys dept.

Jane Walker writes to tell us that TechTarget has a short writeup on virtualization and some of the ins and outs of using this technology effectively. From the article: "Virtualization is a hot topic in the enterprise space these days. It's being touted as the solution to every problem from server proliferation to CPU underutilization to application isolation. While the technology does indeed have many benefits, it's not without drawbacks."

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  1. Maybe... but it's no XML! by Siffy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    or Java!

  2. previous hot topic: virtual reality by 80+85+83+83+89+33 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i was JUST reading a long essay by jarod lanier, the virtual reality freak (i mean scientist). and i was thinking what a hugely hyped up buzzword VR had become. so naturally, my tired eyes read this subject as an overview of VR.

    i'm thinking that Virtualization is becoming just as overhyped, though.

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  3. My PHB by Khammurabi · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Virtualization is a hot topic in the enterprise space these days.
    My boss was just saying the other day that when his system takes a core dump he wants to be able to visualize it.

    Oh, you said 'virtualization'...
  4. Paid for by Novell by rf600r · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    **Ding!** Fries are done.

  5. Which is missing a QEMU trick by ratboy666 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    QEMU is not just an x86 emulator.

    It is a system emulator. What it does very well is support Linux binary applications for other CPUs. Want to run an ARM binary on an x86? QEMU will do it. Want to run an x86 binary on a Sparc? QEMU will do it.

    QEMU also does system level emulation.

    As a special case, QEMU runs x86 on x86 as well.

    VMWare and Xen don't do that.

    Ratboy.

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