Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a free and open-source virtualization module in the Linux kernel that allows the kernel to function as a hypervisor...
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management of virtual machines and containers. It is based on a modified Debian LTS kernel. Two types of virtualization are supported: container-based with LXC...
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QEMU (category Free virtualization software)
run different guest operating systems. QEMU can be used with a Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) to emulate hardware at near-native speeds. Additionally...
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physical machine. Operating-system-level virtualization, also known as containerization, refers to an operating system feature in which the kernel allows...
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or virtualized guests. While not directly linked, Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) can use KSM to merge memory pages occupied by virtual machines. KSM...
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In computing, a virtual machine (VM) is the virtualization or emulation of a computer system. Virtual machines are based on computer architectures and...
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Hypervisor (redirect from Virtual machine monitor)
and virtual machine monitor (VMM). There, both components form the overall virtualization stack of a certain system. Hypervisor refers to kernel-space...
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Avi Kivity (category Linux kernel programmers)
Kivity (Hebrew: אבי קויתי) is a software engineer who created the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) hypervisor underlying many production clouds. Following...
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Xen (redirect from Xen (virtual machine monitor))
portal CloudStack Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) OpenStack Virtual disk image tboot, a TXT-based integrity system for the Linux kernel and Xen hypervisor...
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approaches to virtualization. In hardware virtualization, a hypervisor such as the Kernel-based Virtual Machine allows each virtual machine (VM) to run...
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L4Linux (category Linux kernel variant)
time. L4Linux also allows setting up a virtualized environment vaguely similar to Xen or Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM), but a few significant differences...
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Qumranet (category Virtualization software)
software company offering a desktop virtualization platform based on hosted desktops in Kernel-based Virtual Machines (KVM) on servers, linked with their...
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It is one of the available networking methods for the Linux Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) and forms part of some Linux distributions such as Ubuntu...
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troubleshooting kernel and application problems on production systems in real time. Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM), a virtualization infrastructure...
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OS-level virtualization is an operating system (OS) virtualization paradigm in which the kernel allows the existence of multiple isolated user space instances...
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User-mode Linux (category Linux kernel variant)
User-mode Linux (UML) is a virtualization system for the Linux operating system based on an architectural port of the Linux kernel to its own system call...
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Cooperative Linux (redirect from Cooperative Virtual Machine)
the Linux kernel to run simultaneously in parallel on the same machine. Cooperative Linux utilizes the concept of a Cooperative Virtual Machine (CVM). In...
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may refer to: Kernel-based Virtual Machine, a virtualization solution that turns the Linux kernel into a hypervisor K virtual machine, for Java KVM switch...
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- Linux Kernel Newbies". kernelnewbies.org. Retrieved 19 July 2024. "Linux kernel 3.18, Section 1.3. bpf() syscall for eBFP virtual machine programs"...
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Virtual DOS machines (VDM) refer to a technology that allows running 16-bit/32-bit DOS and 16-bit Windows programs when there is already another operating...
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paging. Virtual addressing also allows creation of virtual partitions of memory in two disjoint areas, one being reserved for the kernel (kernel space)...
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is otherwise known as the vmkernel component. The Linux kernel was the primary virtual machine; it was invoked by the service console. At normal run-time...
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Cobbler (software) (category Virtualization software for Linux)
virtualized guests using Xen, Kernel-based Virtual Machine or VMware. Cobbler interacts with the koan program for re-installation and virtualization support...
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Nexenta OS, based on the illumos kernel with Ubuntu packages SmartOS, an illumos distribution for cloud computing with Kernel-based Virtual Machine integration...
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Kimchi (software) (category Virtualization software)
Kimchi is a web management tool to manage Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) infrastructure. Developed with HTML5, Kimchi is developed to intuitively manage...
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A system virtual machine (also called SysVM) is a virtual machine (VM) that provides a complete system platform and supports the execution of a complete...
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List of Linux distributions (redirect from List of distributions based on Debian)
will be from FOSS solutions, including Linux kernel Modules. SUSE's enterprise Linux products are all based on the codebase that comes out of the openSUSE...
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The Linux kernel is a free and open source: 4 Unix-like kernel that is used in many computer systems worldwide. The kernel was created by Linus Torvalds...
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GNU Hurd (redirect from GNU kernel)
of operating system kernels GNU distributions Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) Linux-libre – a free version of the Linux kernel Multiboot Specification...
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PowerVM (redirect from Advanced Power Virtualization)
of platform virtualization software IBM High Availability Cluster Multiprocessing Kernel-based Virtual Machine—A Linux-based virtual machine which is developing...
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