Virtualization with OpenVZ

Date and Time

Wednesday, December 15, 2010 from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm

Location

MIT Building E-51, Room 325

Presenters

Eugene Gorelik - eugene.gorelik gmail com

Summary

An overview of OpenVZ, the open-source version of Parallels VM

Abstract

OpenVZ is container-based virtualization for Linux. OpenVZ creates multiple secure, isolated containers (otherwise known as VEs or VPSs) on a single physical server enabling better server utilization and ensuring that applications do not conflict.

Each container performs and executes exactly like a stand-alone server; a container can be rebooted independently and have root access, users, IP addresses, memory, processes, files, applications, system libraries and configuration files.

For more information about the technology and how it differs from the others like Xen, VMware etc., refer to: http://wiki.openvz.org/Main_Page [wiki.openvz.org]

OpenVZ is free open source software, available under GNU GPL.

OpenVZ is the basis of Parallels Virtuozzo Containers, a commercial virtualization solution offered by Parallels. OpenVZ project is supported by Parallels