14Nov 2014 by Dr. Bill No Comments

VirtZine #48 – Video – “Alternative Virtualization Platforms!”

VirtZine - Video Netcasts
Dr. Bill discusses alternative hypervisors, and specialized Linux distros for virtualization, including a demo of Proxmox VE 3.3. Also, CoreOS, a slimmed-down Linux distro for creation of many OS instances. oVirt manages VMs with an easy web interface. (Click on the buttons below to Stream the Netcast in your "format of choice")  Download M4V  Download WebM  Download MP3 ("Right-Click" on the "Download" link under the format buttonand choose "Save link as..." to save the file locally on your PC) Subscribe to Our Video Feed http://www.virtzine.com/category/netcast/feed Subscribe to Our Audio Feed http://www.virtzine.com/category/audio/feed Also available on YouTube: http://youtu.be/-S2x1rULX38
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14Nov 2014 by Dr. Bill No Comments

VirtZine #48 – Audio – “Alternative Virtualization Platforms!”

VirtZine - Audio Netcasts
Dr. Bill discusses alternative hypervisors, and specialized Linux distros for virtualization, including a demo of Proxmox VE 3.3. Also, CoreOS, a slimmed-down Linux distro for creation of many OS instances. oVirt manages VMs with an easy web interface. (Click on the buttons below to Stream the Netcast in your "format of choice")  Download M4V  Download WebM  Download MP3 ("Right-Click" on the "Download" link under the format buttonand choose "Save link as..." to save the file locally on your PC) Subscribe to Our Video Feed http://www.virtzine.com/category/netcast/feed Subscribe to Our Audio Feed http://www.virtzine.com/category/audio/feed Also available on YouTube: http://youtu.be/-S2x1rULX38
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06Nov 2014 by Dr. Bill No Comments

oVirt – Open Your Virtual Datacenter!

The Virtual World
oVirt is a Linux distro that you can install on bare-metal hardware and provide a platformn for virtualizing your systems! oVirt Distro [youtube]http://youtu.be/C4gayV6dYK4[/youtube] "oVirt manages virtual machines, storage and virtualized networks. oVirt is a virtualization platform with an easy-to-use web interface. oVirt is powered by the Open Source you know - KVM on Linux. Choice of stand-alone Hypervisor or install-on-top of your existing Linux installation High availability Live migration Load balancing Web-based management interface Self-hosted engine iSCSI, FC, NFS, and local storage Enhanced security: SELinux and Mandatory Access Control for VMs and hypervisor Scalability: up to 64 vCPU and 2TB vRAM per guest Memory overcommit support (Kernel Samepage Merging) Developer SDK for ovirt-engine, written in Python"
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05Nov 2014 by Dr. Bill No Comments

CoreOS: A Distro for Virtualization!

The Virtual World
CoreOS is a thin virtualization specific Linux Distro that you should look into! CoreOS: A lean, mean virtualization machine NetworkWorld - By Tom Henderson - CoreOS is a slimmed-down Linux distribution designed for easy creation of lots of OS instances. We like the concept. CoreOS uses Docker to deploy applications in virtual containers; it also features a management communications bus, and group instance management. Rackspace, Amazon Web Services (AWS), GoogleComputeEngine (GCE), and Brightbox are early cloud compute providers compatible with CoreOS and with specific deployment capacity for CoreOS. We tried Rackspace and AWS, and also some local 'fleet' deployments. CoreOS is skinny. We questioned its claims of less overall memory used, and wondered if it was stripped to the point of uselessness. We found that, yes, it saves a critical…
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