From xen-devel: We are pleased to announce AutoVMbench; an automating benchmaking tool for virtualization environments. The site is following URL: http://sourceforge.net/projects/autovmbench/ This tool can run following 4 benchmarks at this moment. 1) iozone 2) netperf 3) kernel build 4) unixbench For more details, Please check the
Oracle VM 2.2 New Feature: CPU Scheduling Priority and Cap From Oracle Blog : One of the new features in Oracle VM 2.2 is the ability to set virtual CPU scheduling priority and cap per VM from Oracle VM Manager, which enables you to control access to CPU between
More details on the Avaya product announcement: * Complete Press Release. * Video Overview: Avaya Auraâ„¢ System Platform Technology http://bit.ly/2YrC5e * Podcast: Avaya Auraâ„¢- Innovation for Midsize Enterpriseshttp://bit.ly/8uESA * Requires Registration – IDC Whitepaper: Virtualizing UC: Reaping the Benefits and Understanding the Issues for Real-Time Communications http://bit.
Some exciting Xen news that occurred during my vacation… * New Xen Book – The Book of Xen * ORACLE releases VM 2.2 – News Article * Avaya Aura System Platform uses Xen – News Article I will be posting more information on these items this week and will also be posting information about the
I was able to get a presentation that Tim Deegan gave earlier this year on Xen Memory Management: Xen Memory Management View more documents from Stephen Spector.
Last week at Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco Citrix demoed a number of industry firsts using XenServer and Intel SR-IOV NICs: * Full line-rate bi-directional 2x10Gb/s performance into virtual machines, using substantially less CPU than conventional software NIC virtualization, along with reduced network latency. * Seamlessly transition between software NIC
The Xen.org community currently has three locations for open source & proprietary solutions as well as consulting and hosting organizations to promote their offerings. Is your company or solution listed on these sites? If not, please contact me for next steps. Solution Search Tool – http://xen.cyberneticos.com/ Xen.
Xen Community: As you are all aware, Xen Summit Asia 2009 in Shanghai, China at Intel on November 19-20 is currently open for registration. What you may not know is that we only have 150 slots for the event based on the size of the facility and we are already
I wanted to promote a Xen management solution that I have recently become aware of – Xen Orchestra Project. The main project site is at http://project.xen-orchestra.com/ with the project being led by Olivier Lambert and Julien Fontanet. I encourage everyone to take a look and feel free to
Xen Community: Since the announcement a few weeks back from Xen.org on the creation of a new project, Xen Cloud Project or as I call it Cloud Xen, there have been some happenings in the background that I want to make everyone aware of. 1. Meetings – There are two
From the Linux Foundation – http://in.sys-con.com/node/1110516 Virtualization Leader Citrix Joins The Linux Foundation Citrix Uses Linux to Develop Virtualization and SaaS Solutions for Fortune 500 Companies and Small Businesses Worldwide SAN FRANCISCO, CA — (Marketwire) — 09/17/09 — The Linux Foundation (LF), the nonprofit organization dedicated to
Thought you might like to read this thread from Simon Crosby… Whither the Venerable OS? Virtualization challenges many established IT “truths” from the heyday of x86 scale-out. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the identity crisis facing the major OS vendors in the context of virtualization. VMware’s (initial