Post by snubbi on Jan 19, 2024 19:05:40 GMT
Has anyone here tried/used KVM. I have read this article KVM on ubutu 22.04
So far I have used VirtualBox, but there should be more advantages with KVM such as:
Performance – One of the main drawbacks of traditional virtualisation technologies is performance degradation compared to physical machines. Since KVM is the type-1 hypervisor, it outperforms all type-2 hypervisors, ensuring near-metal performance. With KVM hypervisor VMs boot fast and achieve desired performance results.
Scalability – As a Linux kernel module, the KVM hypervisor automatically scales to respond to heavy loads once the number of VMs increases. The KVM hypervisor also enables clustering for thousands of nodes, laying the foundations for cloud infrastructure implementation.
Security – Since KVM is part of the Linux kernel source code, it benefits from the world’s biggest open source community collaboration, rigorous development and testing process as well as continuous security patching.
Maturity – KVM was first created in 2006 and has continued to be actively developed since then. It is a 15-year-old project, presenting a high level of maturity. More than 1,000 developers around the world have contributed to the KVM code.
Cost-efficiency – Last but not least, cost is a driving factor for many organisations. Since KVM is open source and available as a Linux kernel module, it comes at zero cost out of the box
What do you think about KVM?
So far I have used VirtualBox, but there should be more advantages with KVM such as:
Performance – One of the main drawbacks of traditional virtualisation technologies is performance degradation compared to physical machines. Since KVM is the type-1 hypervisor, it outperforms all type-2 hypervisors, ensuring near-metal performance. With KVM hypervisor VMs boot fast and achieve desired performance results.
Scalability – As a Linux kernel module, the KVM hypervisor automatically scales to respond to heavy loads once the number of VMs increases. The KVM hypervisor also enables clustering for thousands of nodes, laying the foundations for cloud infrastructure implementation.
Security – Since KVM is part of the Linux kernel source code, it benefits from the world’s biggest open source community collaboration, rigorous development and testing process as well as continuous security patching.
Maturity – KVM was first created in 2006 and has continued to be actively developed since then. It is a 15-year-old project, presenting a high level of maturity. More than 1,000 developers around the world have contributed to the KVM code.
Cost-efficiency – Last but not least, cost is a driving factor for many organisations. Since KVM is open source and available as a Linux kernel module, it comes at zero cost out of the box
What do you think about KVM?
