Android OS LiveCD is two years old project and it seems there is no recent update. Still, using Virtualization Softwares like VMWare, VirtualBox, you can run Android OS LiveCD on Your Computer to test or develop apps for Android. Prerequisites to run Android OS LiveCD on Your Computer Using Virtualization Those who are quite used with Virtualization, will not feel any … [Read more...]
Virtualization
Virtualization and various virtualization related technologies has been explained including hardware virtualization, Software virtualization.
Client Virtualization and Virtual Clients as a Service
Welcome back again and I am here again with a new topic Client Virtualization. Basically two topics - Client Virtualization and Virtual Clients as a Service. I will explain both the Client Virtualization and Virtual Clients as a Service in a easy comprehensive language and discuss their utility, advantages and disadvantages. What is Client Virtualization With client virtualization … [Read more...]
Virtualization For Dummies
Virtualization For Dummies - as the name of the article implies, Virtualization For Dummies is very lucidly written article on Virtualization, for those who have very little technical knowledge but wishes to know. In a previous article, we wrote another such article on Cloud Computing - Cloud Computing For Dummies. Preface to Virtualization For Dummies Still date, we have published … [Read more...]
Server Virtualization – The Real High Performers
Server Virtualization needs high demands of CPU, storage, and the entire server system usage. Let us see what can make them a real performer. We have already published about the Server Virtualization capable processors which has the features to increase performance of the virtualized servers. AMD-V in the Opteron processors and Intel VT-x in the Xeon Processors have these features. Benchmark is … [Read more...]
Server Virtualization and Intel VT-x Processor
As any regular reader will notice, we trying to make the readers understand about the relationship of Processor and Server Virtualization Technology. In the preliminary articles, another author has written about the processors, then I on Processors capable of Server Virtualization. This series will end with Cloud Computing. If any reader readers from the first post to the last of this Processor … [Read more...]
Storage Virtualization Software and High Availability Infrastructure
Storage virtualization software makes the use of standard hardware as a central axis for sharing the storage for the virtual machines and the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure. in an previously published article, the basics of storage virtualization has been discussed. As it has been discussed by the other authors in this website, Virtualization for servers requires massive and powerful storage … [Read more...]
Windows 7 Virtualization – Running Guest OS on Windows 7 Host
Windows 7 Virtualization where Windows 7 is the host, that is if the user wants to run any other Operating System on Windows 7 it can easily be achieved through various Free and Paid Virtualization softwares. For some reason, lot of visitors are searching with Windows 7 Virtualization and landing on some post on Virtualization due to the fact the post Title has Post's title containing the word … [Read more...]
Server Virtualization – Calculating The Cost
It is true that Further Server Virtualization technology itself has reduced the cost of one time burden of buying may servers. It is true that Server Virtualization has made it possible to use a Virtual Dedicated Server acting as good as a Dedicated Server at a fraction of the cost. But, it is also true that Server Virtualization, despite these savings, has increased the cost of cooling, … [Read more...]
Virtualization Capable Processors
In the previous article, I have written the basics on microprocessor. Precisely microprocessor, as no web hosting company, who are the largest user of Virtualization right now, will use a huge Processor like a super computer, because of the huge cost, problem with space and datacenter cooling issues. So, in this article, I will practically discuss about Virtualization Capable Microprocessors, the … [Read more...]
Virtualization – Frequently Asked Questions
We have published various articles on Virtualization. You can simply browse through our Virtualization Category or by using the Search Function, which is present on the top of every page. Why and who have prepared this FAQ on Virtualization ? Although I am publishing this article on Virtualization, the questions and answers are supplied by other other contributing authors and guest … [Read more...]
32 bit (x86) Virtualization and 64 bit (x64) Virtualization
In 1974 Gerald J. Popek and Robert P. Goldberg described the conditions for computer which can efficiently support virtualization. This is known as requirements Popek and Goldberg. x86 based processors, however was no compatible with this theory. Stanford University did pioneering works on x86 Virtualization. In 1999, VMware introduced the first commercially available x86 virtualization … [Read more...]