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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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troubleshooting kernel and application problems on production systems in real time. Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM), a virtualization infrastructure...
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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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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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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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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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- 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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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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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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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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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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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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List of Linux distributions (redirect from List of distributions based on Debian)
system bought and currently being developed by Google, based on a Google modified Linux kernel and designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such...
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Nimbus (cloud computing) (category Virtualization software for Linux)
networking leases, and usage accounting. Xen 3.x Kernel-based Virtual Machine Java 1.5+ Python (2.4+) Linux kernel's Netfilter and ebtables for a bridging firewall...
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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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