[XCSSA] Followup to Virtualization Talk Last Night

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I have to ask - any formal presentation/slides? 

FYI - shameless plug, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 will support Xen
virtualization - RHEL 5 Beta 2 was released less than 10 days ago and
worth a peak, most folks will find it similar enough to Fedora Core 6.
The RHN Satellite product, which will have a beta release soon will
allow for creation off Xen guest and then kickstart/provisioning of RHEL
5 OS into that xen guest instance. 

Cliff. 

On Tue, 2006-11-21 at 12:44 -0600, xcssa-admin@xcssa.org wrote:

> Hey all..
> 
> Here's some more information from my ad-hoc virtualization talk last night on 
> current virtualization technologies:
> 
> More Info on x86 Virtualization:
> 	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_virtualization
> 
> Info on "paravirtualization" and "Ring 0/-1" concepts discussed last night:
> 	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paravirtualization
> 	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_0
> 
> Exhaustive Virtualization Technology Comparison:
> 	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_virtual_machines
> 
> Current AMD Proc Listings:
> 	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_Turion_microprocessors
> 	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opteron		
> 
> Current Intel VT Proc Listing:
> http://www.intel.com/distributed/modules/sitelets/viiv_spec.htm
> 
> Here are some corrections from last night:
> -Most Intel Procs out now (below) DO include the VT code..
> "Pentium 4 6x2, Pentium D 9x0, Xeon 3xxx/5xxx/7xxx, Core Duo and Core 2 Duo 
> processors" more info here
> -I said that AMD's VT technology was NOT on the ML or MK flavors of the Turion 
> proc, but only on the TL line.  This was incorrect (see List_of_AMD... link 
> above).  The ML and MT Turions do not feature Pacifica/VT, while the MK, TL 
> (and newer) do.  So check these out when looking for a good PC for 
> virtualization.
> 
> Oh.. and here's the laptop (Averatec 2370) that I demo'd and was talking about 
> last night that is both VT capable and very low cost:
> 	http://tinyurl.com/ylad3o
> 	(also at Sams Club stores for $880)
> 
> There's also a "Black Friday" special on this unit at OfficeMax for $599 (if 
> you get there early):
> 	http://www.blackfriday.info/ads/officemax-black-friday-ad.html
> 
> 
> Happy Thanksgiving All,
> 
> Tweeks
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I have to ask - any formal presentation/slides? <BR>
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FYI - shameless plug, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 will support Xen virtualization - RHEL 5 Beta 2 was released less than 10 days ago and worth a peak, most folks will find it similar enough to Fedora Core 6. The RHN Satellite product, which will have a beta release soon will allow for creation off Xen guest and then kickstart/provisioning of RHEL 5 OS into that xen guest instance. <BR>
<BR>
Cliff. <BR>
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On Tue, 2006-11-21 at 12:44 -0600, xcssa-admin@xcssa.org wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Hey all..</FONT>

<FONT COLOR="#000000">Here's some more information from my ad-hoc virtualization talk last night on </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">current virtualization technologies:</FONT>

<FONT COLOR="#000000">More Info on x86 Virtualization:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">	<A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_virtualization">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_virtualization</A></FONT>

<FONT COLOR="#000000">Info on &quot;paravirtualization&quot; and &quot;Ring 0/-1&quot; concepts discussed last night:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">	<A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paravirtualization">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paravirtualization</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">	<A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_0">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_0</A></FONT>

<FONT COLOR="#000000">Exhaustive Virtualization Technology Comparison:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">	<A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_virtual_machines">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_virtual_machines</A></FONT>

<FONT COLOR="#000000">Current AMD Proc Listings:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">	<A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_Turion_microprocessors">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_Turion_microprocessors</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">	<A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opteron">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opteron</A>		</FONT>

<FONT COLOR="#000000">Current Intel VT Proc Listing:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"><A HREF="http://www.intel.com/distributed/modules/sitelets/viiv_spec.htm">http://www.intel.com/distributed/modules/sitelets/viiv_spec.htm</A></FONT>

<FONT COLOR="#000000">Here are some corrections from last night:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">-Most Intel Procs out now (below) DO include the VT code..</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">&quot;Pentium 4 6x2, Pentium D 9x0, Xeon 3xxx/5xxx/7xxx, Core Duo and Core 2 Duo </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">processors&quot; more info here</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">-I said that AMD's VT technology was NOT on the ML or MK flavors of the Turion </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">proc, but only on the TL line.  This was incorrect (see List_of_AMD... link </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">above).  The ML and MT Turions do not feature Pacifica/VT, while the MK, TL </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">(and newer) do.  So check these out when looking for a good PC for </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">virtualization.</FONT>

<FONT COLOR="#000000">Oh.. and here's the laptop (Averatec 2370) that I demo'd and was talking about </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">last night that is both VT capable and very low cost:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">	<A HREF="http://tinyurl.com/ylad3o">http://tinyurl.com/ylad3o</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">	(also at Sams Club stores for $880)</FONT>

<FONT COLOR="#000000">There's also a &quot;Black Friday&quot; special on this unit at OfficeMax for $599 (if </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">you get there early):</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">	<A HREF="http://www.blackfriday.info/ads/officemax-black-friday-ad.html">http://www.blackfriday.info/ads/officemax-black-friday-ad.html</A></FONT>


<FONT COLOR="#000000">Happy Thanksgiving All,</FONT>

<FONT COLOR="#000000">Tweeks</FONT>
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