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SearchEnterpriseLinux: Beowulf Founder: Virtualization Hot on Linux Clusters

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 7, 2005

[ Thanks to Peter
Parker
for this link. ]

What are the latest developments in Linux cluster
technology?

Donald Becker: The hot development area for
clusters right now is virtualization.

“Two well-known traditional virtualization systems are VMWare
and Xen. VMWare emulates a PC down to the hardware devices. This
allows it to run almost any operating system as a process in the
native OS…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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