Comparing the best virtualization software in 2020: Hyper-V, KVM, vSphere, and XenServer

The translation of the article was prepared on the eve of the start of the course โ€œLinux Administrator. Virtualization and Clustering "








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1. Hyper-V



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Microsoft Hyper-V Windows Server 2019:



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  • VM.
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  • ReFS.
  • (Storage Spaces Direct)
  • Windows.
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Microsoft PDF.



2. KVM



KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine), Red Hat Virtualization Suite, . KVM โ€‹โ€‹Linux . Linux 2.6.20.





Red Hat KVM:



  • Overcommit
  • Disk I/O throttling
  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization API
  • PCI
  • Red Hat Satellite
  • (Disaster Recovery)


KVM.



3. vSphere



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, (vCompute, vStorage vNetwork), , vCenter Server, vSphere Client . .





VMware vSphere:



  • vCenter Server: , , IT .
  • vSphere Clien: vSphere 6.7 vSphere Web Client Flash. vSphere Client vSphere Update Manager, , vSAN, , , VMware vSphere Distributed Switch .
  • vSphere SDK: vSphere.
  • VM File System: VM.
  • Virtual SMP: .
  • vMotion: .
  • Storage vMotion: .
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    (DRS): , .
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  • (VDS): ESXi .


VMware PDF-.



4. XenServer



Xen Project Hypervisor, XenServer . , , .



XenServer NIVIDA Intel .





Citrix XenServer:



  • Active Directory
  • (RBAC)
  • XenMotion
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vSphere, XenServer, Hyper-V KVM





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