Virtualization

Virtualization and various virtualization related technologies has been explained including hardware virtualization, Software virtualization.

Raspberry Pi Virtual Appliance & Emulation on OS X

Without the Hardware, With Homebrew Package Manager Installed, You Can Run Raspberry Pi Emulation on OS X or Can Run Raspberry Pi Virtual Appliance. Clearly - both methods are different. Like, in case of Android, we ran Virtual Appliance of Android on OS X. Virtual Appliance has nothing to do with Homebrew Package Manager. You will need VirtualBox like Software. We have named the guide as … [Read more...]

Operating System Level Virtualization

Operating System Level Virtualization is Commonly Known as Container Based Virtualization. Docker is a Common Example. Basics Has Benn Discussed in this Article. Actually, we have talked about container based virtualization, Docker like topics before. Many questions are asked around Operating System Level Virtualization via Contact Us Page or over the social networks. We are trying to explain the … [Read more...]

WordPress Local Development with Vagrant

Here is a Guide For Wordpress Local Development with Vagrant. Vagrant is Better than MAMP, WAMP or XAMPP for localhost development and is related to Virtual Appliance. Usually, we used to install WAMP or XAMPP, which gradually got backdated with the advent of Virtual Appliances. Now, Wordpress Local Development with Vagrant, is almost as the most advanced setup. Wordpress Local … [Read more...]

HipHop Virtual Machine (HHVM)

HipHop Virtual Machine (HHVM) is a process virtual machine developed by Facebook, serves as an execution engine for PHP, based on JIT. HipHop Virtual Machine (HHVM) is an Open Source Software like PHP. We can install HipHop Virtual Machine (HHVM) on the top of Nginx Web Server Software, that is the basic importance to know about HipHop Virtual Machine. HipHop for PHP (HPHPc) was also developed by … [Read more...]

Docker and Virtualization

Docker is not a complete virtualization technology, but has features that, if developed; could compete in hypervisor such as VMware. When we talk about virtualization, always we include the classic examples of hypervisors such as VMware and Hyper-V and, although less frequently; technologies like Xen and KVM. In this list of virtualization technologies, almost never include Docker and the … [Read more...]

What is GlusterFS?

GlusterFS is a distributed file system, the memory elements are presented as a single file system from a plurality of servers or nodes. The various servers even nodes, form a client-server architecture over TCP / IP. A distinctive feature from NAS systems is that, a redundant connection of storage devices over TCP / IP is possible. The data on all the cluster nodes can be read and written at the … [Read more...]

What is Hardware-Assisted Virtualization

Hardware Assisted Virtualization is also known as native virtualization. This is an approach to full virtualization in extended condition, wherein the processor provides the architectural support to facilitate the construction and the hypervisor forward calls of different guest operating system directly to the physical hardware, increasing the overall performance of the system. Xen hypervisor, … [Read more...]

What is VirtFS or Jailed Shell?

Jailed Shell or VirtFS is a paravirtualized filesystem based on the VirtIO framework often used by Shared Servers to protect the other users. We talked briefly about paravirtualization, KVM here is Kernel Based Virtual Machine (there is another KVM - which is a switch), SSH to Shared Hosting Server etcetera topics. Jailed Shell is a wider topic which includes a rightly defined, protocol based … [Read more...]

Software Defined Data Center : New Business Opportunities

Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) can be a mainstream business over next few years, it is always better to be attentive to innovations. Previously, we talked about Why Software Defined Data Center is Emerging, What Purpose Software Defined Data Center Serves and the basics - What is Software Defined Data Center (SDDC). So the basics around the thing has already been defined through these … [Read more...]