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XEN and the art of Linux Server Virtualization



With Redhat wanting (old news though) to dive into the latest greatest technology (hype for some) called Virtualization. It still remains to be seem what XEN can do in terms of virtualization.

XEN as IBM sees it.

Xen is a virtualization technology available for the Linux™ kernel that lets you enclose and test new upgrades as if running them in the existing environment but without the worries of disturbing the original system. The author shows you how to install Xen using Fedora Core, but once installed, everything works the same in Xen on any distribution. Take a look at virtualization on Linux and see the benefits of having a sandbox for testing new software, as well as a playground for running multiple virtual machines on the same Linux box.


Read more of it here. I will indeed try it out on my Fedora Core 4(don't know if core 4 compatible yet). But read more on Fedora Core Virtualization here

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