RedHat takes various measures to enter the virtualization market

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Even before Red Hat acquired the virtualization company Qumranet, Red Hat made it clear that it would use its own Linux KVM (kernel virtual machine) to enter the virtualization field. At the Red Hat annual summit in May, Red Hat announced that it would deploy its embedded Linux Hypervisor oVirt. This program is based on KVM in its server product line. In this case, the embedded hypervisor allows users to run Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Windows virtual machines on Linux platforms.

Scott Crenshaw, vice president of Red Hat's platform business, explained that Red Hat has three reasons for acquiring Qumranet: first, accelerating the time to market for broader virtualization solutions; and second, open KVM source code and further invest in it. third, expand our virtualization product line to the VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) market.

Crenshaw explained in detail that KVM will form the foundation of Red Hat Embedded hypervisor. This product is planned to be launched at the beginning of next year. We know that customers and OEMs are very interested in introducing the advantages of this Linux bare metal management program to the market.

Crenshaw continues, as to whether or not to launch this product and when to launch it, KVM has been applied to Red Hat Enterprise Edition Linux (RHEL. We want RHEL virtualization to become the first open-source software interface in the industry, allowing new management programs and management tools to be used as conveniently as Plug and Play devices. In this way, the management of any transition will be seamless for the customer.

Crenshaw also made it clear that Red Hat is considering introducing virtualization to the desktop computer market. Previously, Red Hat was reluctant to enter the traditional Linux desktop computer market.

Now, with the acquisition of the SolidICE VDI solution, Red Hat will go further to the foundation of Qumranet's excellent growth momentum. This is a product that changes game rules in the VDI market. We expect our customers to accelerate the deployment of such products with the support of Red Hat.

SolidICE is a virtual desktop that uses SPICE (simple protocol for independent computing environments) protocols to run Windows or Linux desktop operating systems on virtual machines on servers. Therefore, this product is similar to Citrix's XenDesktop product.

Jay Lyman, an open-source software analyst at The 451 Group, said Red Hat was doing it. But are these initiatives meaningful? These actions must be meaningful. This acquisition has perfect technical significance because Red Hat is already integrating KVM more into its own products. Of course, Red Hat will continue to support Xen. Xen has become a major part of Red Hat Virtualization technology and strategy so far. However, I believe that Red Hat will be wise and active in KVM Technology supported by Linux kernel developers.

Lyman added that Red Hat believes that it must first make itself a larger provider in the virtualization field through this acquisition and continue to expand and build its own operating systems. With the acquisition of Qumranet, Red Hat has increased the number of people and products required for such integration and KVM excellence. However, it takes some time for Red Hat to integrate these technologies into RHEL.

Dan Kusnetzky, a key analyst at Kusnetzky Group, examines the history of Red Hat. He said that Red Hat seems to have considered virtualization a secondary issue for a long period of time.

Although Red Hat integrated Xen and KVM into its own products (because these two products are currently part of the Linux kernel), Red Hat seems to focus on other aspects of the software.

As the virtualization environment becomes increasingly important, Red Hat needs to do four things: 1. improve Red Hat's position in the market; 2. acquiring useful and feasible technologies; 3. obtain talents in the virtual machine software field. 4. enter the field that provides rich other resources.

Kuznetzky concluded that the acquisition of Qumranet seems to be exposed to each of the above points. Red Hat's initiative covers a wide range of fields and shows its interest in virtualization. Qumranet's SolidICE products and management technologies provide Red Hat with a place in the virtualized desktop market, and provide Red Hat with space to enter the field of server virtualization. Qumranet has many key KVM developers and experienced developers in other virtualization technologies. Red Hat now has rich Virtualization Experience.

Therefore, from an expert's point of view, Red Hat seems to be taking the right steps to become a vendor in the virtualization market. Now the question is: does this market agree?