Ad: See the powerful new Nokia Lumia 928
ie8 fix

xvm

Sun Microsystems' xVM stategy rises

And the beat goes on.

Sun Microsystems' xVM virtualization efforts is getting louder and louder.

Sun's xVM is its Solaris-based version of the Xen open-source hypervisor project. Sun's xVM aims to allow x86 servers to run multiple operating systems simultaneously on a single computer, in a move toward increased flexibility and data center efficiency. xVM also relies on Sun's Solaris operating system, while Xen primarily uses Linux.

Last September, Sun named its Xen-based virtualization project xVM. That effort attracted some attention on Sun's blog.

Then in October, Sun executives expanded the scope and geography of that message, … Read more

Sun christens its Xen-based virtualization xVM

SAN FRANCISCO--Sun Microsystems, a longtime participant in the Xen open-source hypervisor project, has named its Solaris-based offshoot xVM, short for x86 Virtual Machine.

"Because Xen is trademarked, we don't want to call the code we've implemented Xen," said Marc Hamilton, Sun's vice president of Solaris marketing, on Wednesday. It works only on computers with x86 chips such as Intel's Xeon; those with Sun's newer UltraSparc processors use an equivalent technology called logical domains, or LDoms.

Virtualization, blossoming as a technology foundation for x86 servers, lets a single computer run multiple operating systems simultaneously … Read more