Red Hat Pledges 'Integrated Virtualization' 91
OSS_ilation writes "Red Hat was all about virtualization in a recent announcement for an 'integrated virtualization' initiative with XenSource and chipmakers AMD and Intel. The move was seen as a way for Red Hat to bring its commitment to virtualization technology into 'sharper focus [...] with the release of a product roadmap that includes virtualization technology built into its enterprise version of Linux.' Red Hat's CTO, Brian Stevens, said the move would remove the complex 'rocket science' aspect of virtualization, and drive the technology into more enterprises as a result."
Virtualization in the kernel. (Score:2, Interesting)
Xen in the enterprise (Score:4, Interesting)
Xen traded full OS compatibility... (Score:1, Interesting)
Anyone know which part of the full OS binary compatibility was traded?
Re:Beta testers == lab rats (Score:5, Interesting)
You sound like a bitter, bitter Slashdotter.
This "Fedora's a beta testbed for suckers" stuff is utter crap. Fedora is a testbed not for stability, but for cutting edge technologies that may filter down into Enterprise many months later. And from what I hear, FC5 will introduce some exciting new things. The stuff that goes in isn't generally any more unstable or poorly-built that the pristine sources from which it derives, plus you've got the support of the community and the Bugzilla.
The Fedoras are nice, powerful distributions. Far nicer (and to be honest, I think more polised) than Enterprise. For me, they've got the right balance of modern usability and technical accessibility. Yes, I like cutting edge.
Re:Red Hat + Xen (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Xen Vs. Linux VServer (Score:3, Interesting)
To me, one kernel is an advantage, not a limitation. A kernel upgrade on a VServer box is a one-step operation, whereas on a Xen (or like) you have to repeat it for every guest.
Also a great thing about VServer is that the filesystem can be shared between host ang guest. So I can run one backup on the host, which takes care of all the guests.
Another thing I like is the ability to "enter" a guest from the host by simply switching the context - no need to actually log in.
And the virtualized loopback and iptables is just a matter of time - the alpha branches of VServer already have it.
I should also mention that aside from Vserver there is something called OpenVZ, which is the same concept and more features. What turns me off about OpenVZ and Xen is that the community around these projects is commercially sustained, which means that the project evolution will gravitate in a direction that satisfies shareholders and that the project would be greatly impacted by a business failure (which happens quite often these days).
Vserver on the other hand is a truly indepndent open source community, very much like the communities that drive other most succesful projects out there. I've been following this project for a couple of years now, things may not move as fast, but folks are involved out of the love for technology, and the quality of the software reflects this.
Re:Xen traded full OS compatibility... (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:it already is. (Score:2, Interesting)