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Linux Journal: Virtualization in Xen 3.0

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“Virtualization has existed for over 40 years. Back in the
1960s, IBM developed virtualization support on a Mainframe. Many
virtualization projects are available for UNIX/Linux and other
operating systems, including VMware, FreeBSD Jail, coLinux,
Microsoft’s Virtual PC and Solaris’s Containers and Zones.

“The problem with these virtualization solutions is low
performance. The Xen Project, however, offers impressive
performance results–close to native–and this is one of its key
advantages. Another impressive feature is Live Migration, which I
discussed in a previous article. After much anticipation, Version
3.0 of Xen recently was released, and it is the focus of this
article…”

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