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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. It was merged into the mainline Linux kernel in version 2.6.20, which was released on February 5, 2007. [ 1 ]
The first version of Virtuozzo, based on OpenVZ, is released. [4] 2003. First release of first open-source x86 hypervisor, Xen. February 18: Microsoft acquires virtualization technologies (Virtual PC and unreleased product called "Virtual Server") from Connectix Corporation.
KVM switch (keyboard, video, and mouse switch), originally a hardware device for controlling multiple computers, now also used to refer to software tools used to achieve similar functionality (for example Synergy and various more fully open-source equivalents)
This article documents the version history of the Linux kernel. Each major version – identified by the first two numbers of a release version – is designated one of the following levels of support: Supported until next stable version; Long-term support (LTS); maintained for a few years [1]
Usually the pre-copy phase ends when the number of dirtied pages remaining becomes small enough to yield a short stop-and-copy phase. However, if a VM keeps dirtying memory faster than can be re-copied to the destination, then pre-copy phase will end after a set time limit or maximum number of pre-copy rounds to begin the next stop-and-copy phase.
VMware ESXi (formerly ESX) is an enterprise-class, type-1 hypervisor developed by VMware, a subsidiary of Broadcom, for deploying and serving virtual computers.As a type-1 hypervisor, ESXi is not a software application that is installed on an operating system (OS); instead, it includes and integrates vital OS components, such as a kernel.
libvirt is an open-source API, daemon and management tool for managing platform virtualization. [3] It can be used to manage KVM , Xen , VMware ESXi , QEMU and other virtualization technologies. These APIs are widely used in the orchestration layer of hypervisors in the development of a cloud-based solution.
Two types of virtualization are supported: container-based with LXC (starting from version 4.0 replacing OpenVZ used in version up to 3.4, included [10]), and full virtualization with KVM. [11] It includes a web-based management interface. [12] [13] There is also a mobile application available for controlling PVE environments. [14]