Difference between revisions of "Take use of virtualization"

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Revision as of 05:53, 7 September 2010

Virtualization allows you to run several "seeming-as-if" (virtual) computers on one computer. This can help you

  • to work in several isolated VPN environments on one computer
  • to test several Linux distributions running at the same time on one computer
  • for developers, to test "dangerous" changes like on the login manager or the boot sector
  • in big companies, to take best use out of your computing resources

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Solutions

Solution max vCPUs Snapshot possible remarks
KVM >= 8 no
Virtualbox 1 yes easy to install and easy to use
VMWare Server 2 yes