OS Virtualization Vs Hypervisor Virtualization
OS Virtualization Vs Hypervisor Virtualization
By Brian Ducharme
published: Friday, June 22 2007




VSM speaks with Serguei Beloussov, Chairman and CEO of SWSoft about the differences between OS Virtualization and Hypervisor Virtualization.
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Podcast Summary: Length: 14:59
  • Introduction
  • About SWsoft products (00:46)
  • What is OS virtualization? (01:28)
  • Disadvantages of OS virtualization (03:00)
  • Same patch level, drivers and low level kernel services (03:30)
  • Advantages include better Density, easier management (03:44)
  • Better performance and scalability (06:00)
  • Hypervisor virtualization is much better in development (07:22)
  • Many operating systems require a hypervisor (07:56)
  • SWsoft plans to offer a integrated solution combining Virtuozzo and Parallels (09:25)
  • AMD Pacifica and Intel VT chips do not help OS virtualization (09:50)
  • Best case uses (10:48)
  • Service providers, some enterprise (11:29)
  • About Plesk (12:54)
  • Links and Demos (14:00)
  • Closing

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