Yeah.. I was thinking along similar lines. I don't think it should be
difficult to customize a scaled down linux with kvm. I'd like to see kvm
compete along these lines too.
On 9/6/07, Gildas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 2007/9/6, Haydn Solomon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > I've been seeing a lot of news about embedded virtualization in servers
> > backed by companies like Dell, HP etc. I still think KVM is the right
> > approach to virtualization however what does this mean for KVM as far as
> > being a competitor in the hypervisor market? How difficult would it be
> for
> > KVM to do something similar? Just wanted to get some thoughts on this.
> >
> > Haydn
>
> Well, from what I get the so-called "virtualisation appliances" are
> just servers with more memory slots and booting one of the existing
> virtualisation from some flash ram. The real plus sides of those
> solutions is the support offered by the hardware companies as they
> will qualify those systems specifically with the virtualisation
> solution.
>
> But you can easily design a small memory footprint linux system with
> KVM that will boot from compact flash...
>
> Just my 2 pennies though
> Gildas
>
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