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The open source project, OpenVZ (www.openvz.org)
delivered some 50 software updates and in total more than 2 terabytes
of its virtualization software were downloaded in 2006 by the user
community - the project announced today. The operating system server
virtualization software technology helps increase server utilization
rates.
Made available on all leading platforms, added tools, great awareness leads to banner year
The open source project, OpenVZ (www.openvz.org)
delivered some 50 software updates and in total more than 2 terabytes
of its virtualization software were downloaded in 2006 by the user
community - the project announced today. The operating system server
virtualization software technology helps increase server utilization
rates.
The OpenVZ project freely distributes and offers support to its users,
promoting operating system virtualization through a collaborative,
community effort. Supported by SWsoft, the OpenVZ project serves the
needs of the community developers, testers, documentation experts, and
other technology enthusiasts who wish to participate in and accelerate
the technology development process. OpenVZ is open source software that
is used as the basis for the SWsoft Virtuozzo virtualization software
product.
In 2006, OpenVZ operating system virtualization software was made
available for the mainstream Linux kernels (2.6.16 and 2.6.18), along
with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (RHEL4), and SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server 10 (SLES10) and openSUSE 10.1. Last May, Mandriva became the
first Linux distribution to include operating system virtualization
technology by embedding the OpenVZ software directly into its Mandriva
Corporate Server 4.0 kernel. Now, OpenVZ software is available as part
of Linux distributions that include Debian, Gentoo Linux, and ALT Linux
Sisyphus.
Over the past year, the OpenVZ project expanded it support to include
servers using x86, x86_64, IA64, Power 64-bit and UltraSPARC(r) T1
CoolThreads(TM) processors.
Some progress was made towards the mainstream Linux kernel last year,
as well. The Linux kernel 2.6.19 already includes some contributions of
OS virtualization from OpenVZ, as well as others.
Also last year, OpenVZ delivered a capability that no other open source
operating system-level virtualization software offers -- a live
migration feature, which allows system administrators to move virtual
servers between physical servers without end-user disruption or the
need for costly storage capacity.
"Looking ahead, we already have in development OpenVZ software for the
new Linux kernel based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5," said Kir
Kolyshkin, manager of the OpenVZ project. "Users can count on us
continuing an aggressive schedule delivering software updates, as well
as active efforts with regard to the mainstream Linux kernel and
additional Linux distributions."
As further testimony to the increasing interest in the user community,
in January 2006 just one month after full production, the OpenVZ
website had one million hits. That milestone was reached four times
last year. Today, there are some 10,000 message posts on the OpenVZ
support Forum among the very active users.
About OpenVZ
OpenVZ is operating system server virtualization software technology,
built on Linux, which creates multiple isolated, secure virtual
environments on a single physical server - enabling greater server
utilization and superior availability with fewer performance penalties.
The virtual servers ensure that applications do not conflict and can be
re-booted independently.
With the power of today's processors, hardware is often under utilized.
With virtualization technology, the server can effectively be split
into many small ones, each running its tasks so that the whole server
is utilized more efficiently.
OpenVZ software, which can be downloaded at http://openvz.org,
comes with user tools that help automate management of virtual servers.
With its unique architecture that uses a single operating system
instance, the virtual servers perform and execute like independent
servers with their own memory, configuration files, users and
applications. Each can be re-booted independently. Using template-based
application deployment provides a simple way to get new virtual servers
up and running in minutes and OpenVZ can run several times more virtual
servers per CPU than other virtualization technologies. Also, the
OpenVZ project maintains a blog site discussing virtualization
technology, which can be accessed here, http://blog.openvz.org.
Read the original article: http://www.linuxpr.com/releases/9449.html
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