The Kernel Virtual Machine – Not What you Have Heard
Here’s the presentation I’m giving at the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit: kvm-not-what-you-heard
Abstract:
Mike will review myths, misstatements, and mistakenly-held notions about KVM, the Linux hypervisor. Starting with the major one: that KVM is not a “bare metal” hypervisor. In addition to the “not a bare metal hypervisor” myth, I’ll also address other prominent myths, including: KVM is not good at running Windows guests, KVM is not as secure as other hypervisors, KVM does not scale, KVM does not over-provision memory and KVM doesn’t have VM_* (meaning VMware apis or features). Whenever possible, I will show the source of the myth and debunk it using source code, published benchmarks, or other mechanisms.
