OpenVZ Project Releases Software to Support Fedora Core 5

   
  http://openvz.org/news/announcements/fedora-zdtm-20060404
   
   
  OpenVZ Project Releases Software to Support Fedora Core 5; 
  Announces Zero Downtime Server Migration Feature 
   
  Operating System Virtualization Technology Now Available on All Major Linux
Distributions; Industry-Exclusive Feature Being Added to Open Source
Software
   
  HERNDON, Va., April 4, 2006 – The OpenVZ project today announced
availability of its operating system level server virtualization software for
Fedora Core 5, which only recently became available. Also, the
industry-exclusive "zero downtime migration" feature will be made available
for the OpenVZ software.
   
  Last month, OpenVZ (http://openvz.org) announced its availability on the
latest SUSE Linux kernel and the latest Linux kernel 2.6.16. 
   
  “We’ve now taken the important step of delivering our OpenVZ software on
the major Linux distributions so that many users can see the benefits of our
technology,” said Kir Kolyshkin, manager of the OpenVZ project. “Our goal, of
course, is to gain adoption as part of the mainstream and other Linux
distributions. Delivery of the zero downtime migration functionality as part
of OpenVZ brings a capability which no other open source virtualization
software offers.”
   
  Open VZ for Fedora Core 5
   
  The OpenVZ kernel for Fedora Core 5 is available for download from
http://openvz.org/download/kernel/fc5. In addition, the OpenVZ project is
making available Fedora Core 5 templates for virtual environments (previously
called Virtual Private Server, or VPS), which enable real-time provisioning
of servers and give users full use of Fedora applications. The Fedora Core 5
templates allow for almost instant (in many cases about a minute)
provisioning of an OpenVZ virtual environment – giving customers with
applications running on Fedora the ability to run those applications on a
virtual server, rather than a full server. Templates for Fedora Core 5 are
available for download at http://openvz.org/download/templates/.
   
  Zero Downtime Migration
   
  The OpenVZ project announced it will add the industry-exclusive “zero
downtime migration” feature that allows IT professionals to move virtual
servers between physical servers without end-user disruption or the need for
costly storage capacity.
   
  Using the zero downtime migration function captures the state of an
existing virtual environment and its contents and migrates it to a new
physical server without any interruption in service or availability. The
function executes between any two servers on a network, so the capability
works for any server and any application. OpenVZ delivers this capability
without additional requirements, such as a storage area network (SAN). The
zero downtime migration feature will be made available for download later
this month. 
   
  About the OpenVZ Project
   
  The OpenVZ project freely distributes and offers support to its users,
promoting operating system virtualization through a collaborative, community
effort. 
   
  OpenVZ software comes with user tools that help automate management of
virtual servers. OpenVZ creates isolated, secure virtual environments on a
single physical server – enabling greater server utilization and superior
availability with fewer performance penalties. The virtual servers perform
and execute like independent servers with their own memory, configuration
files, users and applications. Each can be re-booted independently.
   
  With the power of modern CPUs from both Intel and AMD (including the latest
dual-core offerings), hardware is often under utilized. With virtualization
technology, the server can effectively be split into many small ones, each
running its tasks so that the whole server is utilized more efficiently.
   
  OpenVZ software serves the needs of the community developers, testers,
documentation experts, and other technology enthusiasts who wish to
participate in and accelerate the technology development process. OpenVZ,
supported by SWsoft, is a subset of the Virtuozzo virtualization software
product. Also, the OpenVZ project maintains a blog site discussing
virtualization technology, which can be accessed here,
http://blog.openvz.org.
   
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