OpenVZ Virtualization Software Available On Live CD

For the First Time OpenVZ Virtualization Software Available 

On 'Live CD' Without Requiring Hard Disk Installation

 

HERNDON, Va., May 10, 2007 -- The OpenVZ project (http://openvz.org
<http://openvz.org/> ) today announced availability of its operating system
(OS) server virtualization software as a modified version of the Knoppix
5.1.1 bootable Live CD so that users can test drive the OpenVZ software
without changes to their computer or installing anything on their hard disk.

 

"This is the first time we've been able to offer our open source OS
virtualization in this format, which provides users a risk-free way to test
OpenVZ, along with the Knoppix distribution," said Kir Kolyshkin, manager of
the OpenVZ project. "Knoppix is very popular with hobbyists and Linux
enthusiasts who can now try our open source virtualization software, which
is in keeping with our objective to promote OS virtualization."

 

Knoppix is a bootable Live system on CD, consisting of a representative
collection of GNU/Linux software, automatic hardware detection, and support
for many graphics cards, sound cards, SCSI and USB devices and other
peripherals. It is not necessary to install anything on a hard disk and
there is no need to have a Linux distribution installed.

 

The OpenVZ software for Knoppix  5.1.1 can be downloaded here,
http://openvz.org/download/livecd.
<http://openvz.org/download/kernel/devel/>
<http://openvz.org/download/kernel/devel/>
<http://openvz.org/download/kernel/devel/>
<http://openvz.org/download/kernel/devel/>
<http://openvz.org/download/kernel/devel/>
<http://openvz.org/download/kernel/devel/> Also, users can access helpful
instructions from the OpenVZ wiki,
http://wiki.openvz.org/Getting_started_with_OpenVZ_live_CD. The site serves
as a forum to gain and share knowledge about OpenVZ and includes
documentation and a knowledge base.

 

The OpenVZ project freely distributes and offers support to its users,
promoting operating system virtualization through a collaborative, community
effort. Supported by SWsoft, the OpenVZ project 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 is open source software that is used as the
basis for the SWsoft Virtuozzo virtualization software product.

 

Since going into full production late in 2005, the OpenVZ project has been
very active with the user community with more than 12,000 message posts on
its support Forum. The OpenVZ website attracts tens of thousands of visitors
each month as more businesses and individuals explore and contribute to the
leading open source operating system virtualization project.

 

About OpenVZ

OpenVZ is operating system server virtualization software technology, built
on Linux, which creates multiple isolated, secure virtual environments on a
single physical server - enabling greater server utilization and superior
availability with fewer performance penalties. The virtual servers ensure
that applications do not conflict and can be re-booted independently.

 

With the power of today's processors, 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 can be used to help consolidate servers and increase server
utilization rates, or for creating "sandboxes" for test and development, or
when sharing resources so that every user can have root access while being
kept isolated from each other.

 

The OpenVZ software comes with user tools that help automate management of
virtual servers. With its unique architecture that uses a single operating
system instance, the virtual servers perform and execute like independent
servers with their own memory, configuration files, users and applications.
Each can be re-booted independently. Using template-based application
deployment provides a simple way to get new virtual servers up and running
in minutes and OpenVZ can run several times more virtual servers per CPU
than other virtualization technologies. Also, the OpenVZ project maintains a
blog site discussing virtualization technology, which can be accessed here,
http://blog.openvz.org <http://blog.openvz.org/> .

 

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