Decided to Switch KVM
Choosing a hypervisor in #Cloud projects always costs me time, between Xen & Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM). After an interesting discussion with one of Cloud Computing architect @ IBM, we get a deal – use KVM for future #Cloud implement. My considerations:
- IBM announced to boost KVM @ Cloud initiatives since March this year. This indicates IBM’s strategy @ hypervisor on Intel machines leans to KVM, rather than Xen. And more official development, test and support are coming after.
- Virtio project to support better network IO performance. http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-25441
More resources:
KVM vs Xen, dates back in 2006, but telling some basic > http://www.gridvm.org/xen-vs-kvm.html
Xen vs KVM by Xen > http://blog.xen.org/index.php/2010/05/07/..kvm-linux-..community/
KVM @ IBM InfoCenter > http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/../kvminstall/liaaikvminstallstart.htm
Securing KVM @ IBM InfoCenter > http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/../kvmsec/kvmsecguest.htm
Benchmark by Xen > http://wiki.xensource.com/..Quantitative+Comparison+of+Xen+and+KVM.pdf
KVM vs VMware > http://www.workswithu.com/2009/04/27/kvm-vs-vmware-a-case-study/
They’re all @ http://delicious.com/j3ffyang/kvm
Notice: since I only consider #OpenSource virtualization solution @ my #Cloud projects on Intel, there is #proprietary #VMware in my solution design. But integration with VMware is always available.
