Virtual Hosting FeaturesVirtual Hosting Features
I’ve just been setting up new virtual servers at Linode [1] and Slicehost [2]. I have previously written a review of both those services [3], based on that review (and[...]
Category: Virtualisation
Virtualisation and cloud computing
New Servers – a non-virtual CloudNew Servers – a non-virtual Cloud
NewServers.com [1] provides an interesting service. They have a cloud computing system that is roughly comparable to Amazon EC2, but for which all servers are physical machines (blade servers with[...]
Dom0 Memory Allocation and XDom0 Memory Allocation and X
I’ve previously written about memory squeeze problems in a Xen Dom0 when large amounts of memory were assigned to DomUs [1]. In summary the Dom0 would have problems if started[...]
Red Hat, Microsoft, and Virtualisation SupportRed Hat, Microsoft, and Virtualisation Support
Red Hat has just announced a deal with MS for support of RHEL virtual machines on Windows Server and Windows virtual machines on RHEL [1]. It seems that this deal[...]
Xen and LennyXen and Lenny
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 AKA “Lenny” has just been released [1]. One of the features that is particularly noteworthy is that Xen has been updated and now works fully and correctly[...]
Physical vs Virtual ServersPhysical vs Virtual Servers
In a comment on my post about Slicehost, Linode, and scaling up servers [1] it was suggested that there is no real difference between a physical server and a set[...]
LUV Talk about Cloud ComputingLUV Talk about Cloud Computing
Last week I gave a talk for the Linux Users of Victoria about Cloud Computing and Amazon EC2 [1]. I was a little nervous as I was still frantically typing[...]
EC2 and IP AddressesEC2 and IP Addresses
One of the exciting things about having a cloud computing service is how to talk to the rest of the world. It’s all very well to have a varying number[...]
Basics of EC2Basics of EC2
I have previously written about my work packaging the tools to manage Amazon EC2 [1]. First you need to login and create a certificate (you can upload your own certificate[...]
Types of Cloud ComputingTypes of Cloud Computing
The term Cloud Computing seems to be poorly defined at the moment, as an example the Wikipedia page about it is rather incoherent [1]. The one area in which all[...]