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View Poll Results: Virtualization Product of the Year
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KVM
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73 |
16.82% |
Linux-VServer
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6 |
1.38% |
OpenVZ
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6 |
1.38% |
Oracle VM
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6 |
1.38% |
Parallels Workstation
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0 |
0% |
QEMU
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26 |
5.99% |
VirtualBox
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236 |
54.38% |
VMware
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59 |
13.59% |
Xen
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16 |
3.69% |
LXC
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6 |
1.38% |
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12-16-2013, 09:36 PM
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root 
Registered: Jun 2000
Distribution: Debian, Red Hat, Slackware, Fedora, Ubuntu
Posts: 13,630
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Virtualization Product of the Year
What is your VM of choice?
--jeremy
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12-17-2013, 12:36 AM
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Member
Registered: Sep 2004
Location: Japan
Distribution: RHEL9.4
Posts: 735
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I really like kvm. Not perfect yet but does a great job and sure there are just more improvements to come.
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12-17-2013, 01:24 AM
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#3
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Senior Member
Registered: Sep 2012
Posts: 1,385
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VirtualBox
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12-17-2013, 04:03 AM
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#4
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LQ Newbie
Registered: May 2007
Location: Australia
Distribution: Ubuntu 12.04LTS
Posts: 13
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Not listed, but LXC has made tremendous progress this year, heading for a 1.0 release in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
It is my first choice most of the time - depends on your requirements of course. KVM is a very good system for 'full virtualisation'.
Hopefully LXC will be in the list next year.
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12-17-2013, 06:26 AM
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#5
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Oct 2012
Posts: 10
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VirtualBox
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12-17-2013, 06:55 AM
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Member
Registered: Sep 2004
Location: Japan
Distribution: RHEL9.4
Posts: 735
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Wollongong
Not listed, but LXC has made tremendous progress this year, heading for a 1.0 release in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
It is my first choice most of the time - depends on your requirements of course. KVM is a very good system for 'full virtualisation'.
Hopefully LXC will be in the list next year.
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Yeah, containers do look interesting. Currently i use only centos on production systems and have read some notes on the new rhel7, i will definitely give containers a go when centos 7 comes around. Looks like the blokes at rhel is doing quite an effort on those, but not sure how they will implement it yet.
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12-17-2013, 11:10 AM
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root 
Registered: Jun 2000
Distribution: Debian, Red Hat, Slackware, Fedora, Ubuntu
Posts: 13,630
Original Poster
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From the LXC site:
Quote:
As such, LXC is often considered as something in the middle between a chroot on steroids and a full fledged virtual machine.
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That's the reason I didn't initially include it. Given that the project's stated goal is "to create an environment as close as possible as a standard Linux installation but without the need for a separate kernel", however, I can see the argument for adding it. Are any members against adding LXC to this poll?
--jeremy
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12-17-2013, 04:50 PM
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Member
Registered: Mar 2011
Location: /
Distribution: Fedora (typically latest release or development release)
Posts: 372
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VirtualBox
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12-17-2013, 05:13 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Mar 2013
Posts: 18
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VMware, both for Linux and Windows. I don't like VirtualBox (that BTW is very good) only due to its huge CPU need.
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12-17-2013, 07:41 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Oct 2013
Posts: 22
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I have tested successfully many distribution such as Ubuntu-10.04/12.04, Android-4.3, Chrome OS, Redhat-5.0/9.0, Fedora-7/8/10/14/19, Suse, Centos, Slackware-12.0/13.0/14.0, MacOS X lion, Kali, Backtrack-5/5rc, Windows xp/7/8 on Virtual Box
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12-17-2013, 07:50 PM
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Member
Registered: Sep 2004
Location: Japan
Distribution: RHEL9.4
Posts: 735
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I would second adding lxc, it is still a form of getting virtualization done, but a different implementation and different method and serves a slightly different need but I can see it becoming main stream in the near future. Not everyone needs a full blown hypervisor.
Some interesting reading about kvm and lxc.
https://www.google.co.jp/url?sa=t&so...BXpigXc9L23wmQ
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12-17-2013, 07:54 PM
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Member
Registered: Sep 2004
Location: Japan
Distribution: RHEL9.4
Posts: 735
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Quote:
Originally Posted by thirun
I have tested successfully many distribution such as Ubuntu-10.04/12.04, Android-4.3, Chrome OS, Redhat-5.0/9.0, Fedora-7/8/10/14/19, Suse, Centos, Slackware-12.0/13.0/14.0, MacOS X lion, Kali, Backtrack-5/5rc, Windows xp/7/8 on Virtual Box
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All those will work yes, however, performance wise kvm and xen leaves virtual box in the dust, especially on haswell hardware. Only thing virtualbox would maybe have the upperhand in is 3d acceleration, but at what cost? For many things kvm and xen provides near native performance.
Last edited by ericson007; 12-17-2013 at 07:56 PM.
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1 members found this post helpful.
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12-18-2013, 08:34 AM
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#13
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Oldham, Lancs, England
Distribution: Slackware64 15; SlackwareARM-current (aarch64); Debian 12
Posts: 8,311
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Hard choice. VirtualBox is easy, but Qemu is more versatile.
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1 members found this post helpful.
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12-18-2013, 11:32 AM
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#14
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root 
Registered: Jun 2000
Distribution: Debian, Red Hat, Slackware, Fedora, Ubuntu
Posts: 13,630
Original Poster
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LXC has been added.
--jeremy
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12-18-2013, 12:06 PM
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#15
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2008
Location: kidlington oxfordshire uk
Distribution: ubuntu, suae 10.3
Posts: 12
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I use virtual box regularly. Not familiar with others but I am sure they are nice too.
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