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Virtualization

In this section, we cover discussion of Fedora virtualization technologies on the @fedora-virt list.

Contributing Writer: Dale Bewley

Fedora Virtualization List

This section contains the discussion happening on the fedora-virt list.

Virt Status Report

Justin Forbes posted^[1] a Fedora virtualization status report. Justin pointed out F13 bugs^[2] now include Important and Pony classifications in addition to Blocker and Target.

↑ http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-December/msg00056.html
↑ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Virtualization_bugs

RHEL and Fedora Virtualization Feature Parity

Robert Day wondered how the virtualization features^[1] of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 compared to Fedora 12.

Daniel Berrange explained^[2] "The KVM based virtualization in RHEL-5.4 is not nearly so far behind Fedora as you might think. The libvirt mgmt stack in RHEL-5.4 was rebased to be near parity with Fedora 11, and KVM in RHEL-5.4 is also pretty close to that using what's best described as a hybrid of kvm-83 and kvm-84."

↑ http://www.redhat.com/virtualization/rhev/
↑ http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-December/msg00040.html

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 == Virtualization ==
 In this section, we cover discussion of Fedora virtualization technologies on the
-@fedora-virt, @fedora-xen-list, @libguestfs, @libvirt-list,
+@fedora-virt list.
-@virt-tools-list, and @ovirt-devel-list lists.
 Contributing Writer: [[User:Dale | Dale Bewley]]
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 [http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-virt fedora-virt list].
-==== Distributing I/O Load Among Guests ====
+==== Virt Status Report ====
-Dennis J.
+[[JustinForbes|Justin Forbes]]
-asked<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-July/msg00183.html</ref>
+posted<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-December/msg00056.html</ref> a Fedora virtualization status report.
-"What is the best way to deal with I/O load when running several VMs on a
+Justin pointed out F13 bugs<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Virtualization_bugs</ref> now include Important and Pony classifications in addition to Blocker and Target.
-physical machine with local or remote storage?" "What I'm primarily worried about is the case when several VMs cause disk I/O at the same time." "What is the best way to soften the impact of such a situation?"
-[[PasiKärkkäinen|Pasi Kärkkäinen]]
-suggested "If the IOS are not split evenly between VMs, you could use some tool like
-dm-ioband<ref>http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/ioband/wiki/dm-ioband</ref> to make sure IOs are split fairly between VMs. Or then get faster disks. Single 15k rpm SAS disk will give you up to 350
-IOPS, so it's 2-3x faster than 7200 rpm SATA."
-[[RichardJones|Richard Jones]]
-concurred<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-July/msg00188.html</ref>
-"For KVM, each VM isn't really any different from a host process, so
-you have to deal with them the same way that you'd deal with having
-lots of host processes doing I/O.  So: lots of spindles, expensive I/O
-hardware, etc."
-<references />
-=== Fedora Xen List ===
-This section contains the discussion happening on the
-[http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-xen fedora-xen list].
-====  ====
 <references />
-=== Virtualization Tools List ===
+==== RHEL and Fedora Virtualization Feature Parity ====
-This section contains the discussion happening on the
+Robert Day wondered how the virtualization features<ref>http://www.redhat.com/virtualization/rhev/</ref> of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4
-[http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/virt-tools-list virt-tools-list list].
+compared to Fedora 12.
-==== New Release virt-manager 0.8.0 ====
+[[DanielBerrange|Daniel Berrange]]
-[[ColeRobinson|Cole Robinson]]
+explained<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-December/msg00040.html</ref>
-<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/virt-tools-list/2009-July/msg00054.html</ref>
+"The KVM based virtualization in RHEL-5.4 is not nearly so far behind
-a new {{package|virt-manager}}<ref>http://virt-manager.org/</ref> release, version 0.8.0.
+Fedora as you might think. The {{package|libvirt}} mgmt stack in RHEL-5.4 was
+rebased to be near parity with [[Releases/11|Fedora 11]], and KVM in RHEL-5.4 is
-Virtual Machine Manager provides a graphical tool for administering virtual machines for <code>KVM</code>, <code>Xen</code>, and <code>QEmu</code>. Start, stop, add or remove virtual devices, connect to a graphical or serial console, and see resource usage statistics for existing VMs on local or remote machines. Uses {{package|libvirt}} as the backend management API.
+also pretty close to that using what's best described as a hybrid of
+kvm-83 and kvm-84."
-'''New features:'''
-* New 'Clone VM' Wizard
-* Improved UI, including an overhaul of the main 'manager' view
-* System tray icon for easy VM access (start, stop, view console/details)
-* Wizard for adding serial, parallel, and video devices to existing VMs.
-* CPU pinning support (Michal Novotny)
-* Ability to view and change VM security (sVirt) settings (Dan Walsh)
-* Many bug fixes and improvements
-The newest releases of virt packages can be found in the [[Virtualization Preview Repository]].
 <references />
-=== Libguestfs List ===
-This section contains the discussion happening on the
-[http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libguestfs libguestfs list].
 ====  ====
 <references />
-=== Libvirt List ===
-This section contains the discussion happening on the
-[http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list libvir-list].
-====  ====
-<references />
-=== oVirt Devel List ===
-This section contains the discussion happening on the
-[http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ovirt-devel ovirt-devel list].
 ====  ====
 <references />

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