| The Importance Of Hypervisors |
| Saturday, 04 November 2006 by Michel Roth | |||
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"That's because virtualization has hit the mainstream, and no conversation about virtualization is complete without mentioning the h-word, preferably also slipping in references to "bare-metal" whenever possible." "So what's the deal with hypervisors? They represent the latest big thing in virtualization, even though there are no standards, and many people are concerned about interoperability. It's a bit like the various flavors of 802.11 — some work faster than others, but until they can all work together — or at least play nicely in each other's presence — no one knows the best one to invest in, and many will be reluctant to commit serious money." "There are two key hypervisors for now, three if you include the yet-to-be-released Microsoft hypervisor casting a long shadow over the other two. One is from VMware; the other is the free and open source Xen, which is principally developed by XenSource and packaged as part of a commercial solution from XenSource called XenEnterprise." Read the entire article here.
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