Introduction In a previous article series I explained the basics of operating system virtualization, including the techniques, advantages, disadvantages and possible scenarios. But of course you would like to see how this works in practice. In this article I will… continue reading “OS Virtualization in Practice (Part 1)“

Introduction In the previous article we started using operating system virtualization by installing the Citrix Provisioning Server, configuring the basic settings for the Provisioning Server and building the master client to create the image on the created virtual disk. In… continue reading “OS Virtualization in Practice (Part 2)“

Introduction After server virtualization and application virtualization, the virtualization space progresses to the next level. Together with VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure), Operating System (OS) Virtualization is one of those techniques which is getting popular in the current market. The Ardence Company… continue reading “An Introduction to OS Virtualization (Part 1)“

Introduction Virtualization is hot, and more and more vendors are jumping into this market. There are already over 10 vendors delivering an application virtualization product. The next steps in virtualization have already been taken with the introduction of Operating System… continue reading “An Introduction to OS Virtualization (Part 2)“

OpenVZ is the open-source branch of Virtuozzo, a commercial virtualization solution used by many providers that offer virtual servers. The OpenVZ kernel patch is licensed under the GPL license, and the user-level tools are under the QPL license. This howto… continue reading “Installing And Using OpenVZ On Ubuntu 10.04“

6 TIPS FOR Using OpenVZ Before we can create virtual machines with OpenVZ, we need to have a template for the distribution that we want to use in the virtual machines in the /vz/template/cache directory. The virtual machines will be… continue reading “Installing And Using OpenVZ On Ubuntu 10.04 – 2“

Each year brings a fresh whirl of tech buzzwords. Terms like “proactive,” “360-degree view” and “information life cycle management” have all been in vogue in recent history. This year, the technology de jour is “virtualization,” a topic that has more… continue reading “The Hows and Whys of Server Virtualization“

Cloud computing and virtualization deliver a host of benefits centered around flexibility and reduced costs. There is also a perception that they are more environmentally friendly options. While this may be true to some degree for virtualization, in the case… continue reading “The Power Behind Cloud Computing“

If you read technical magazines regularly, you’re bound to have seen at least one article about virtualization in the past six months. Virtual data centers, virtual disaster recovery facilities, virtual servers, virtual switches and virtual networks seem to have become… continue reading “Welcome to the World of Virtualization“