Red Hat Extends Virtualization Platform to Cloud
11/06/2009
Red Hat, Inc., a provider of open source solutions, announced the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers, the newest product set in the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization portfolio. Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers is designed to enable pervasive adoption of virtualization, with a end-to-end solution combining a standalone hypervisor and virtualization management.
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In February 2009, Red Hat announced plans to deliver the Red Hat Enterprise
Virtualization portfolio, building on its leading Red Hat Enterprise Linux
operating system platform, offering the proven security, performance,
scalability and cost advantages of open source virtualization technology.
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers entered a worldwide beta in June 2009. In September 2009, Red Hat delivered the foundation of Red Hat Enterprise
Virtualization with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4, which offers next-generation
Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) virtualization technology.
Red Hat now is delivering the next phase of the portfolio with the availability of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers, which includes the following
components:
- Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor:
A standalone, lightweight, high-performance hypervisor designed to host Linux
and Microsoft Windows virtual servers and desktops. It provides a solid
virtualization foundation for cloud deployments and other highly dynamic IT
environments. Using KVM technology, the hypervisor provides high performance and
security coupled with memory sharing technology, which permits more efficient
guest consolidation, and enterprise features such as live migration.
- Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager for Servers:
A platform for configuring, provisioning, managing and organizing virtualized
Linux and Microsoft Windows servers. It is designed for customers who seek to
reduce the cost, complexity and time required to manage large-scale
virtualization deployments. With a rich set of management capabilities and
powerful search and grouping features, Virtualization Manager equips customers
with the ability to efficiently control a virtualized infrastructure.
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops remains in private beta today and
is expected to be made generally available in early 2010.
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