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Virtualization with KVM

Abstract

This chapter covers designing and implementing enterprise-class virtualization solutions. I focus on Kernel-Based Virtual Machine (KVM) because it is Linux based. The topics in this chapter include how to understand virtualization, select hardware, and configure networks; storage; file system choices; optimization; security concerns; and a reference architecture to put it all together.

Keywords:
Virtualization Operating system Computer science Full virtualization Hardware virtualization Virtual machine Application virtualization Linux kernel Data virtualization Storage virtualization Embedded system Cloud computing

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Topics

Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems
Physical Sciences →  Computer Science →  Computer Networks and Communications

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