Xen Virtualization: A fast and practical guide to supporting multiple operating systems with the Xen hypervisor - Softcover

Chaganti, Prabhakar

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847192483 ISBN 13: 9781847192486

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

This concise handbook targeted at Linux administrators and virtualization enthusiasts is ideal for professionals wanting an easy-to-navigate reference when working with Xen and virtualization. It offers bite-sized practical walkthroughs and experiential solutions for many common virtualization tasks using Xen. Using Fedora Core as host operating system, it shows how to add Xen support and create guest domains running different operating systems, then dissects a range of common virtualization tasks. Originally developed in 2003 at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory, Xen is an open-source paravirtualization technology allowing multiple operating systems to run on one physical hardware resource with near native performance. Xen supports several operating systems-Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, and NetBSD. There are now commercial versions of Xen that build on of the open-source version with additional enterprise features; this book explores and uses the open-source version of Xen.

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About the Author

Prabhakar Chaganti

Prabhakar Chaganti is the CTO of HelixBrain--a unique startup that provides technology services consulting and is also an incubator nurturing some very cool software as service applications that are being built on the Ruby on Rails platform. His interests include Linux, Ruby, Python, Java and Virtualization. He recently won the community choice award for the most innovative virtual appliance in the 2006 VMWare Ultimate Global Virtual Appliance Challenge.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847192483
• ISBN 13: 9781847192486
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 148