Virtualization news - May 2010

Open vSwitch 1.0 released

I've already written about virtual switches. See my old post if you don't know why they're so damn useful. Core functionality is already there:

• VLANs
• Monitoring of inter-VM communication via
• Per VM policing
• NIC bonding with source-MAC load balancing
• Support for OpenFlow
• Ethernet over GRE
• Compatibility layer for the Linux bridging code
• Kernel and user-space forwarding engine options
• Support for Xen, XenServer, KVM and VirtualBox 

XenServer 5.6 annouced

In a couple of days, Citrix will release new version of XenServer. It will be available in four versions: Free, Advanced, Enterprise and Platinum. Essentials for XenServer will not be continued, instead its functionality is integrated into paid versions of XenServer.

Most notable new feature is Dynamic Memory - ability to automatically adjust RAM provided for the VMs within specified minimal and maximal value.


VirtualBox 3.2.0 released

New version of VirtualBox - and the first one with Oracle branding - brings some interesting features:

• hardware support: fully utilizes hardware virtualization support on newest Intel CPUs, multi-monitor setup (physical screen can be mapped to a specific VM)
• redesigned I/O and networking stack, promising increased performance
• Remote Video Acceleration
• hot-plugging virtual CPUs
• deleting and merging snapshots while VM is running

Plus other enhancements. As usual, there's a free version for personal use.

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