KVM - The Linux Kernel-Based Virtual Machine
News, Blogs and Resources on the Linux (KVM) Kernel-Based Virtual Machine

Tip: How to Get Maximum Network Performance using paravirtual drivers and bridged networking

In this article I will outline how to configure bridged networking to a tap interface on a Fedora KVM host as there seems to be a lack of good documentation on how to do this.

KVM-65 Released: Mainframe Support and Better SMP Performance

Today, kvm-65 was released, the main additions being support for IBM s390 and dedicated thread for handling IO on x86.

Registration is now open for KVM Forum 2008

The following announcement was recently sent out on the developer mailing list announcing that registration is now open for the kvm forum 2008 to be held in Napa Valley in June.

Why KVM will be King

I believe that KVM will be a significant player in the virtualization market. Here's why:

Birth of Virtualization

Tip: How to run a headless guest machine using VNC with KVM

Running a KVM virtual machine on your desktop with the default screen output is fine if you're using it on your PC for desktop use.

Tip: Booting Linux 2.6.25 kernel with built-in paravirtual block and network device drivers with fedora 9

Linux Kernels from 2.6.25 and later come with built in paravirtual network and block device drivers so that they can run as paravirtual guests on KVM host running on release 60 or later.

KVM-64 Release Features PCI Hotplug, Paravirtual MMU and improved PIT accuracy

KVM-64 was released today featuring pci hotplug, paravirtual mmu and improvied PIT accuracy.

KVM Forum 2008 Official Site Released

Today, the official website on the upcoming KVM forum 2008 at Marriot Napa Valley, California was released.

Convergence '08 - Virtualization Conference at IIT Bombay held March 15-16 2008

The highly rated Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) of Bombay along with Vmware in association with Netapp recently held a two day conference Convergence 08 on March 15th and 16th focusing on research activities in virtualization. The list of companies present included Intel, Vmware, Qumranet, Symantec, Netapp, NetXen among others.

Tip: How to setup Windows guest paravirtual network drivers

The KVM project, maintained by Qumranet, recently released paravirtual network drivers for Windows XP/2k guest machines.