Server virtualization market continues to warm up open source technology big Lulu

Server virtualization is a technology that consolidates x86 servers and improves efficiency. Any enterprise with more than one physical server should have its own virtualization strategy for deploying a highly virtualized x86 server platform.

Currently, enterprise users have embraced virtualization and are beginning to prioritize deployment scenarios. More than half of the x86 workloads have been virtualized, with Gartner predicting that by 2016 China's 70% X86 Enterprise Servers will be virtualized.

Avoid vendor abduction data center with multiple management programs deployed

Avoiding being bound to a vendor is a key factor that enterprise decision makers need to consider when developing a server virtualization strategy. As technology progresses and new products are put into the market, companies often choose to be constrained in deploying solutions that meet their needs, as companies are tightly tied to a single vendor. Migrating to a new platform is expensive and difficult, and companies can only compromise on the products they can support by binding vendors. When choosing virtualization technology, you need to ensure that the underlying virtual platform is open and supported by a strong ecosystem.

When it comes to virtualization, many users will think of VMware. However, VMware is no longer the only vendor at the top of the X86 virtualization market. The era of the virtualization market dominated by a single vendor has ended, with Specvirt data showing that the advantages of performance and scalability are no longer dominated by one company. Most enterprise users will continue to use the basic functions, the current market most of the products can be achieved. In the current virtualization market, VMware is the boss, Microsoft Hyper-V Dick, Citrix Third, Red Hat and Oracle are vying for the fourth place, the article commented on the ArsTechnica website.

There are a number of vendors to choose from, and with concerns about costs and potential vendor lock-in issues, more and more companies are taking a "second sourcing" strategy-deploying different virtualization technologies in another sector of the enterprise. Although the management of heterogeneous virtualization is difficult, the data centers that deploy multiple hypervisor will become a reality in 2013.

Rhev provides the best virtualization alternatives for the Enterprise

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization,rhev is the first mature, fully open source Enterprise virtualization platform for server and desktop virtualization, an open technology based, complete virtualization management solution for the enterprise. Rhev presents real strategic virtualization alternatives to companies looking for better TCO, faster return on investment, faster fiscal balances, and freed from vendor bindings.

It is reported that in the use of Red Hat Enterprise virtualization products, 84% of users are VMware users. Based on the open and open source features of Red Hat products, diversified products can coexist completely. Red Hat Enterprise virtualization products have been implemented as a strategic alternative to VMware. The cost of the Red Hat Enterprise virtualization product is VMware's one-seventh, three-year continuous cost is VMware's one-third.

At present, Red Hat has been officially released Rhev 3.1, the new version in the extensibility, user management interface, network, storage and virtual desktop system features such as a great improvement. Rhev 3.1 is integrated with Red Hat products including Red Hat storage and Red Hat Enterprise Linux platform to further enhance product flexibility. Key features include:

Lrhev version 3.1 improves the extensibility of the client virtual machines. Currently supports up to 160 logical central processing units and 2 gigabit memory, and upgrades KVM management programs to support the latest industry-standard X86 processors. Red Hat Enterprise virtualization is the same as Red Hat Enterprise Linux KVM Management program technology, retaining the common application of binary interface compatibility, the integration of a two of the platform of a manufacturer to further optimize the flexibility.

Lrhev version 3.1 upgrades the user interface. Improved interactive platform network management ports, upgraded the report Control Panel, added network capabilities and expanded hard disk storage. The application of storage real-time migration technology enables virtual machines to migrate virtual machine disk files between storage domains without shutting down the computer, thereby enhancing the flexibility of virtual machine disk file migration between storage domains.

• Localization has been improved. Rhev version 3.1 can support English, French, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese to help the platform become more widely available on a global scale.

• The integration of Red Hat storage. Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.1 is a new feature with Red Hat for data modules, structured data and unstructured data scalable open source storage software solutions Red Hat storage integration, Red Hat Storage Server version 2.0 using Red Hat October 2011 from Gluster acquisition of Glusterfs Technology , the June 2012 global listing, can provide enterprise-class users with open, unified scalable storage software.

According to IDC, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (Rhev) based on open source project KVM and Ovirt is the rising power of the virtualization market. The experience of Red Hat Linux and other open-source software makes it a leader in the introduction of KVM into the enterprise market. Extensive industry support and growing ecosystems show the growing growth of the Open Virtualization Alliance.

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