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This article is part of the December 2010, Vol. 29 issue of How to reduce storage requirements in virtual data centers
Open source technology is going to seriously impact the cloud computing world, and there are two main reasons why: Open source software is essentially free, and it is not generally encumbered by the software license models of proprietary software. Many proprietary software vendors, such as Microsoft and Oracle, are trying to maintain old and expensive license models, even though they impede the flexibility gained by virtualization and cloud computing. Proprietary tools for building and managing clouds are no further along than their open source counterparts, and the open source tools are free. Bill Claybrook A number of open source tools have already had a huge impact on cloud computing: Linux and Xen, for example. But there are other important open source offerings that can benefit cloud users. These include KVM, Deltacloud, Eucalyptus, Cloud.com's CloudStack Community Edition and OpenNebula. KVM KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is an open source hypervisor for Linux running on x86 hardware. It contains virtualization extensions (Intel VT or AMD-V). With ... Access >>>
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Reducing virtualization storage requirements with thin provisioning
by Stephen J. Bigelow, Senior Technology Editor
Storage requirements can make virtualization storage management tricky, but thin provisioning provides a flexible way to allocate storage space.
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Safer failover testing procedures for the data center
by Brien M. Posey, Contributor
Haphazard failover testing can be dangerous, but you can minimize the potential risk of data loss or corruption by following a few straightforward procedures.
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Reducing virtualization storage requirements with thin provisioning
by Stephen J. Bigelow, Senior Technology Editor
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Five open source tools for building and managing clouds
by Bill Claybrook, Contributor
Cloud computing is poised to reap the benefits of open source tools. Our expert describes five tools, including KVM, Eucalyptus and Deltacloud, to keep an eye on.
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Five open source tools for building and managing clouds
by Bill Claybrook, Contributor
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